In this paper the history of one house and a human burial in the prehistoric settlement of Monjukli Depe, Turkmenistan, serves as a case study for the use of Bayesian chronological modelling to approach the reach of past memories. The method combines relative and absolute chronological data and aims not only at a more precise and robust chronology of past events, but also allows estimations of duration of particular processes. However, chronological models must be constructed with care, since the prior archaeological information significantly affects the output. The comparison of three alternative models for the Aeneolithic settlement of Monjukli Depe shows that prior information in modelling has a considerable impact on duration estimates for periods of the settlement history. The modelling chronology for Monjukli Depe allows the tracing of commemorative practices at a generational scale—the memory of Monjukli Depe House 14 was transmitted over several generations of inhabitants long after the house destruction. It is clear that houses possessed a great value in the social life of the settlement since local building histories were remembered over a long time.

在本文中，土库曼斯坦 Monjukli Depe 史前定居点的一座房屋和一座人类墓葬的历史作为使用贝叶斯年代学模型来接近过去记忆范围的案例研究。该方法结合了相对和绝对时间数据，不仅旨在更精确和稳健地按时间顺序排列过去事件，而且还允许估计特定过程的持续时间。但是，必须谨慎构建按时间顺序构建的模型，因为先前的考古信息会显着影响输出。对 Monjukli Depe 新石器时代定居点的三种替代模型的比较表明，建模中的先验信息对定居历史时期的持续时间估计有相当大的影响。Monjukli Depe 的建模年表允许在代际尺度上追溯纪念活动——Monjukli Depe 14 号房屋的记忆在房屋被毁后很长一段时间内在几代居民中传递。很明显，房屋在定居点的社会生活中具有重要价值，因为当地的建筑历史被长期铭记。