Archaeological Survey of the Oases of Zarabag, Karabag and Kampyrtepa in the Piedmont of the Kugitang Mountains, South Uzbekistan – Preliminary Report for the Season 2016

• Authors: Augustinová Anna , Stančo Ladislav , Damašek Ladislav , Mrva Michal , Shaydullaev Shapulat
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

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This preliminary report summarizes the results of the archaeological research in the oases in the Kugitang Piedmont after the second season (summer 2016). The field survey in the Zarabag Oasis, which was the subject of our interest in the first season, was accomplished and the research continued in the oases where the villages of Karabag and Kampyrtepa are situated. The prospection led to the detection of new archaeological sites in both of them. Moreover, the examination of the sites previously known from earlier works was conducted. Besides this we focused on the the mapping of the water sources. The collected data have been processed in GIS and the finds were analysed and dated. Preliminarily, we observe basically a similar dynamic in the settlement patterns of all the researched oases.

Keywords

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Central Asia; oasis; field survey; settlement dynamic; Bactria; Tokharistan; Sapalli Culture; Yaz Culture

Discipline

• ARCHAEOLOGY: ARCHAEOLOGY

• Publisher: Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Arts, Czech Republic
• Journal: Studia Hercynia
• Year: 2017
• Volume: 21
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 104-148

Contributors

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Augustinová Anna

• Institute of Classical Archaeology, Faculty of Arts, Charles University

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Stančo Ladislav

• Institute of Archaeology, Faculty of Arts, Charles University

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Damašek Ladislav

• Institute of Archaeology, Faculty of Arts, Charles University

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Mrva Michal

• Institute of Archaeology, Faculty of Arts, Charles University

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Shaydullaev Shapulat

• Termez State University