Miana is a large village in
Ahal Province
Ahal Region (; from , also ) is one of five provinces of Turkmenistan. It is in the south-center of the country, bordering Iran and Afghanistan along the Kopet Dag Range. Its area is and population 886,845 (2022 census).''Statistical Yearbook ...
, Turkmenistan, not far from the Iranian border. The eleventh century
Abu Said Meikhene Mausoleum, dedicated to
Abū-Sa'īd Abul-Khayr lies to the northwest.
Geography
The village is accessed via a road from the
M37 highway at
Dushak in the northwest, south of
Tejen. The Iranian border villages of
Qaratigan and
Sanganeh lie to the southwest on the mountainous border. The land immediately to the north of the village is fertile, with fields under cultivation.
Landmarks
The eleventh century
Abu Said Meikhene Mausoleum lies to the northwest.
Two important
Neolithic
The Neolithic or New Stone Age (from Ancient Greek, Greek 'new' and 'stone') is an archaeological period, the final division of the Stone Age in Mesopotamia, Asia, Europe and Africa (c. 10,000 BCE to c. 2,000 BCE). It saw the Neolithic Revo ...
and
Chalcolithic
The Chalcolithic ( ) (also called the Copper Age and Eneolithic) was an archaeological period characterized by the increasing use of smelted copper. It followed the Neolithic and preceded the Bronze Age. It occurred at different periods in di ...
period settlements have been excavated in the area of Miana.
Altyn Depe (3200 to 2400 BCE), a Neolithic settlement extending into the Bronze Age, was discovered by
Boris Kuftin near the village.
Monjukli Depe, starting about 6200 BC, was discovered more recently, in 1959.
References
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Populated places in Ahal Region