Ulug depe (in Turkmen) | |
Coordinates | 37°9′20.23″N 60°1′46.02″E / 37.1556194°N 60.0294500°E |
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History | |
Periods | Bronze Age |
Cultures | BMAC |
Ulug Depe is an ancient Bronze Age site in the foothills of the Kopet Dag Mountains in the Karakum Desert of Kaka District (Kaahka) in the Ahal Province of south-eastern Turkmenistan. It covers around 13 hectares and lies on a mound at a height of about 30 meters, displaying the longest stratigraphic sequence of Central Asia, from the Late Neolithic, represented by Jeitun culture, until the pre-Achaemenid period.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]
Excavations in the Late Bronze layers also found a "pressure set" for making soma drink. This set, similar to those found in Gonur Depe,