Oxus

Oxus Civilization ~ Bactria–Margiana Archaeological Complex BMAC
Marguš, the capital of which was Merv Mary/Gonur Bactria > Box > Ox (~Bull) vs Taur

Upper Amu Darya (Oxus River): Afghanistan, eastern Turkmenistan, southern Uzbekistan and western Tajikistan

mud brick houses were first occupied c. 7200 BC goats and sheep and grew wheat and barley distinct break in settlement history between the late neolithic and early chalcolithic eras there irrigation crop hexaploid bread wheat became predominant during the Chalcolithic period.

Models of two-wheeled carts from c. 3000 BC found at Altyn-Depe are the earliest complete evidence of wheeled transport in Central Asia, pulled by oxen. camels were domesticated within the BMAC.

Writing: Anau seal five markings which are similar to Chinese "small seal" characters The only match to the Anau seal is a small jet seal of almost identical shape from Niyä (near modern Minfeng) along the southern Silk Road in Xinjiang, originally thought to be from the Western Han dynasty but now thought to date to 700 BC. The only other known jet-(pitch coal)-seals come from Maykop!

About 1800 BC, the walled BMAC centres decreased sharply in size. Each oasis developed its own types of pottery and other objects. (break down of 'state') Tazabagyab remains resemble those of the nomads of the Andronovo culture. Kurgan cemeteries of the Bishkent type appeared with pottery that mixed elements.

The relationship between Altyn-Depe and the Indus Valley seems to have been particularly strong. There is evidence of sustained contact between the BMAC and the Eurasian steppes to the north, intensifying c. 2000 BC.

Tyrant

Bactria–Margiana material has been found at Susa. BMAC material is subsequently found further to the south in Iran, Afghanistan, Nepal, India and Pakistan, the subsequent movement of Indo-Iranian-speakers 'after they had adopted the culture of the BMAC'.

The male specimens belonged to haplogroup E1b1a (1/18), E1b1b (1/18), G (2/18), J* (2/18), J1 (1/18), J2 (4/18), L (2/18), R* (1/18), R1b (1/18), R2 (2/18), and T (1/18).

See Andronovo / Afanasevo

See Mergar/Mehrghar for Harappan civilization, Turk/Tocharian at Tarim basin and China