Altyndepe
Sign in to savethumb|Altyndepe location on the modern Middle East map, also other Eneolithic cultures ([[Harappa and Mohenjo-daro)]] ' (, sometimes Altyn Tepe', Turkmen "Golden Hill"), is a Bronze Age (BMAC) archaeological site in Turkmenistan, near Aşgabat, inhabited first from c. 3200 to 2400 BC in the Late Regionalization Era, and from c. 2400 to 2000 BC in the Integration Era as a full urban site.
Key facts
- Archaeological site.name
- Altyndepe
- Archaeological site.native_name
- Алтын-Депе
- Archaeological site.native_name_lang
- tk
- Archaeological site.image
- Altyndepe, Turkmenistan.jpg
- Archaeological site.caption
- The site in 2019
- Archaeological site.location
- Ahal, Turkmenistan
- Archaeological site.relief
- 2
- Archaeological site.type
- Settlement
- Archaeological site.area
- 25 hectares
- Archaeological site.condition
- Ruins
- Archaeological site.map_type
- Turkmenistan
- Archaeological site.map_caption
- Location in Turkmenistan
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
6 sectionsContents
- Excavations
- Ziggurat
- Two-wheeled carts
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|Altyndepe location on the modern Middle East map, also other Eneolithic cultures ([[Harappa and Mohenjo-daro)]] ' (, sometimes Altyn Tepe', Turkmen "Golden Hill"), is a Bronze Age (BMAC) archaeological site in Turkmenistan, near Aşgabat, inhabited first from c. 3200 to 2400 BC in the Late Regionalization Era, and from c. 2400 to 2000 BC in the Integration Era as a full urban site.
==Excavations== Large-scale excavations at Altyn-depe started in 1965.