The article is based on the civilization approach studied the culture of the Bronze Age of Central Asia. The analysis of various interpretations of the term “civilization” in the scientific literature. The local origins of the BMAC, which was named in science as the Oxus civilization, are discussed. An attempt was made to highlight the creative and creative and creative specifics of the population of the Oxus civilization in the Eneolithic and Bronze Age on the basis of a scientific analysis of archaeological, anthropological, ethnographic sources found in Central Asia.