Iskandar Tepa. Preliminary report for archaeological excavation in season 2018 (south Uzbekistan)

• Authors: Stančo Ladislav , Khamidov Odiljon , Shaydullaev Shapulat , Mrvová Petra , Votroubeková Tatiana , Bek Tomáš , Kmošek Matěj
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

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Following up on the previous extensive surface surveys in the valleys and steppe of the Kugitang Mountains Piedmont in 2016 and 2017, the Czech Uzbek archaeological expedition conducted small scale trial exca vations at the site of Iskandar Tepa, which had been identified as a small rural Greco Bactrian settlement. The main aim of the project was to confirm the dating and to reveal its possible function in the fortification system of the period in the Bactro Sogdian borderlands. This report offers basic information on the field work and its results in the 2018 season.

Keywords

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Hellenistic; Bactria; Sherabad District; Loylagan Valley; Excavations

• Publisher: Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Arts, Czech Republic
• Journal: Studia Hercynia
• Year: 2020
• Volume: 24
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 145-158

Contributors

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Stančo Ladislav

• Institute of Classical Archaeology Faculty of Arts, Charles University

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Khamidov Odiljon

• Institute of Archeological Research named after Y. Gulyamo of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan

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Shaydullaev Shapulat

• Termez State University

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Mrvová Petra

• Institute of Classical Archaeology Faculty of Arts, Charles University

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Votroubeková Tatiana

• Institute of Classical Archaeology Faculty of Arts, Charles University

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Bek Tomáš

• Institute of archaeology Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague

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Kmošek Matěj

• Institute of Archaeology Czech Academy of Sciences, Brno