The Middle Iron Age in Ulug-depe: A preliminary typo-chronological and technological study of the Yaz II ceramic complex

Johanna Lhuillier (1) , Armance Dupont-Delaleuf (2) , Olivier Lecomte (3) , Julio Bendezu-Sarmiento (2)

1 AOROC - Archéologie et Philologie d'Orient et d'Occident
2 ArScAn - Archéologies et Sciences de l'Antiquité
3 OM-MS - Équipe Mondes sémitiques

At the crossroads of Central Asia and Iran the pre-Achaemenid city excavated in Ulug depe (Turkmenistan), includes a citadel of proto-Median type. The pottery is typical of the pre-Achaemenid period in Central Asia. The study of this pottery, combining typological and technological approach, allows the authors to define some elements of characterization of this badly known pottery in a chronological perspective. At a macro-regional scale, it contributes to a better characterization of the Iron Age in southern Central Asia, and shows the existence of regional or chronological variations.

Mots clés: Central Asia; Pottery; Iron Age

Mots clés: Turkménistan; Céramique; Age du Fer; Asie centrale

Domaines: Archéologie et Préhistoire

Johanna Lhuillier, Armance Dupont-Delaleuf, Olivier Lecomte, Julio Bendezu-Sarmiento. The Middle Iron Age in Ulug-depe: A preliminary typo-chronological and technological study of the Yaz II ceramic complex. Marcin Wagner. Pottery and chronology of the Early Iron Age in Central Asia, The Kazimierz Michałowski Foundation, 2013, 978–83–61376–65–1. ⟨halshs-01111860⟩