Vakhsh culture

Vakhsh culture
Geographical rangeLower Vakhsh River
PeriodBronze Age
Dates2500-1650 BC
Preceded by?
Followed byBishkent culture
Anthropomorphic statuette (orant?) in soft stone (anhydrite) from the burial ground of Gelot, Tajikistan, late 3rd millennia–early 2nd millennia BC.

The Vakhsh culture is a Bronze Age culture which took place around 2500-1650 BC, as shown by radiocarbon dates,[1] and flourished along the lower Vakhsh River in southern Tajikistan, earlier thought to be from ca. 1700 BC to 1500 BC.

Earlier research seemed to show that Vakhsh culture had appeared somewhat later than the Bishkent culture, with which it shares many similarities.[2]

  1. ^ Teufer, Mike, (2020). "The 'classical Vakhsh culture': A Bronze Age culture of the 3rd and early 2nd millennium BC in southern Tajikistan", in The World of the Oxus Civilization, Routledge, Abstract: "...It can now safely be dated between the second half of the 3rd millennium and the 17th century BC as shown by radiocarbon dates and is thus contemporary with the Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Complex (BMAC)..."
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Mallory was invoked but never defined (see the help page).