Неровный горизонт: некоторые размышления об истории заселения памятников неолита и энеолита Южного Туркменистана

Abstract

This paper considers the interpretation of “building horizons” in large-scale horizontal excavations of mul- tilayered settlements with mud-brick architecture of Neolithic and Aeneolithic of South Turkmenistan. The fine stratigraphic analysis of Early Aeneolithic layers at Monjukli Depe shows a differentiated picture of settlement history with a gradual re- placement of structures and varying duration of dwellings. Similar processes can be traced at other sites in the region.