Ulug Depe

 ( Archaeological Sites In Turkmenistan ) 

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.Lhuillier, J., (2016). "Ulug-depe and the transition period from Bronze Age to Iron Age in Central Asia: A Tribute to V. I. Sarianidi" in Transactions of Margiana Archaeological Expedition Vol. 6, p. 509. ( Academia.edu )Lecomte, Olivier, (2011). "Ulug-depe: 4000 Years of Evolution between Plain and Desert" , in Historical and Cultural Sites of Turkmenistan, p. 223.

Johanna Lhuillier (2025). 9785899301506, Institute of Anthropology and Ethnography. ISBN 9785899301506

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Discoveries Excavations in the Late Bronze layers also found a "pressure set" for making Haoma. This set, similar to those found in Gonur Depe,

"... consisted of a huge stone mortar and a pestle, a pressing stone with a half-spheric projection in its centre, and next to it a similar one with a half-spheric deepening."

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See also

• Yaz culture
• Bactria–Margiana Archaeological Complex (BMAC)

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Further reading

• La mission archéologique Franco-Turkmène

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