Alternate name | Namazga-depe |
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History | |
Periods | Bronze Age |
Cultures | BMAC |
Namazga-Tepe or Namazga-depe, is a Bronze Age (BMAC) archaeological site in Turkmenistan, some 100 km from Aşgabat, near the border to Iran. Excavated by Vadim Mikhailovich Masson, Viktor Sarianidi, and I. N. Khlopin from the 1950s, the site set the chronology for the Bronze Age sites in Turkmenistan (Namazga III-VI).
There have also been detailed painted potteries located at this site.
Coordinates: 37°22′22″N 59°33′25″E / 37.37278°N 59.55694°E