Tazabagyab settlements show evidence of small-scale irrigation agriculture. About fifty settlements have been discovered. These contained subterranean rectangular houses, usually three per village. Tazabagyav houses are generally large, some being more than 10 x 10 m in dimensions. They are built of clay and the reeds are supported by timber posts. Ca. 100 individuals, belonging to around ten families, would have inhabited a Tazabagyav village. Figurines and remains of horses have been found. In Tazabagyav burials, males are buried on their left, while females are buried on their right. This is similar to contemporary
Indo-European cultures in the region, such as the Andronovo culture,
Bishkent culture, the
Swat culture and the
Vakhsh culture, and the earlier
Corded Ware culture of
central and
eastern Europe. This practice has been identified as a typical Indo-Iranian tradition. Metal objects of the Tazabagyab culture are similar to those of the Andronovo culture in
Kazakhstan, and of the
Srubnaya culture further west. Archaeological evidence show that Tazabagyab settlements included metal-working craftsmen. Its ceramics were of the
Namazga VI type which was common throughout
Central Asia at the time. Tazabagyav pottery appears throughout a wide area. The Tazabagyab people appears to have controlled the trade in minerals such as
copper,
tin and
turquoise, and pastoral products such as horses,
dairy and
leather. This must have given them great political power in the old oasis towns of the
Bactria–Margiana Archaeological Complex. Their mastery of chariot warfare must have given them military control. This probably encouraged social, political and also military integration. ==Successors==