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.
Discoveries Excavations in the Late Bronze layers also found a "pressure set" for making soma drink. 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."
See also Yaz culture Bactria–Margiana Archaeological Complex (BMAC)
References
Further reading La mission archéologique Franco-Turkmène