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International Journal of Scientific & Technology Research
Problems Of Cartography Of Ancient Ethno-Cultural Processes In Central Asia
2020 •
Jasur Togaev
A fundamentally important feature of modern scientific progress is the strengthening of ties between different sciences, the emergence of new intermediate scientific disciplines, their mutual influence and enrichment. In this aspect, at the junction of the sections of archeology, source studies, ethnology, geography and cartography, it is relevant to study the problems of ethnic geography that are poorly studied in Central Asia and its important part ethnic cartography. This article is dedicated to studying problems of cartography of ancient ethno-cultural processes in Central Asia. And also the research works of the scientists of the 20 th century was analyzed in the article.
Leonid R. Kyzlasov, The Urban Civilization of Northern and Innermost Asia. Historical and Archaeological Research / ed. by Gheorghe Postică and Igor Kyzlasov, Bucureşti: Editura Academiei Române; Brăila: Editura Istros a Muzeului Brăilei, 2010, 426 p.
Postica Gheorghe
The Map of Central Asia by Basilio Batatzis (1730), in: Central Eurasian Studies: Past, Present and Future / Editors H. Komatsu, S. Karasar, T. Dadabaev, G. Kurmangalieva Ercilasun. T.C. Maltepe Üniversitesi Yayinlari No. 46 (2011/5). Istanbul, Maltepe University, 2011, p. 315 – 339.
Shamsiddin Kamoliddin
This paper discusses the map of Central Asia by the Greek traveller Basilio Batatzis (1730) from Constantinopole, who travelled in Central Asia during 1727 - 1730.
"Mapping a Terra Incognita": Expeditions into Eurasia and the Development of Cartography
Eva M. Stolberg
Invitation to UISPP congress 2018_session_XXXIX-1 Perspectives on the Prehistory of Central Asia
Evgeny Rybin
The XVIII Congress of The International Union of Prehistoric and Protohistoric Sciences-UISPP, will be held in Paris, France, from 4th to 9th June 2018. We warmly invite you to participate to the session XXXIX-1 entitled: Perspectives on the Prehistory of Central Asia. The session covers a broad range of topics among which: the dispersal of the genus hom*o in Asia; the environmental impact on human settlement patterns; the cultural geography of Central Asia; time averaging issues in lithic assemblages; the evidence for horizontal and vertical cultural transmission in the archeological record; the impact of raw material economy on population dynamics; and the patterns of cultural evolution during the Pleistocene; paleoclimate reconstructions based on stratigraphic and isotopic data. Along with this email, you will find an abstract and poster describing in more details the topics of the session. You are invited to propose an abstract for a 15 min. presentation.
Johanna Lhuillier, BENDEZU-SARMIENTO Julio C.
Research led by the joint French-Turkmen Archaeological Expedition (MAFTur) at Ulug-depe have brought to light the longest continuous stratigraphic sequence of southern Central Asia, starting from the Late Neolithic up to the Middle Iron Age. During the last fieldwork seasons, a later, still poorly-known occupation has been identified: after its abandonment at the end of the Middle Iron Age period, Ulug-depe was briefly reoccupied during the late 1st millennium BC. The archaeological levels related to this occupation are extremely poorly preserved, and this stage is mainly witnessed by a particular pottery complex. Preliminary and ongoing researches on this pottery complex suggest that it principally includes Hellenistic-period vessels associated with some more unusual shapes. This association of material finds analogies in the area of interaction between the northern and the southern parts of Central Asia (i.e., in Uzbekistan, in a territory stretching from Tashkent to the Aral Sea through the Syr Darya area). In this paper, we will present a first overview of these discoveries, placing Ulug-depe at the crossroads of different cultural groups, sedentary and possibly nomadic, at the end of the 1st millennium BC.
Kozhin Pavel M., Сергей Комиссаров, Ekaterina Girchenko
Kulturní studia
A Dozen Years of Central Asia: an archaeologist’s blog. Kulturní studia 18:1 (2022). 57-80.
2022 •
Heinrich Härke
The paper provides, in a series of anecdotal observations and accounts, an impression of the main political and cultural conditions under which archaeology is being conducted in Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan) in the early years of the 21st century. The author uses almost exclusively the experience of his own work in the region since 2009. The observations made over the best part of a dozen years suggest an amalgam of factors influencing the work of archaeologists there, ranging from post-Soviet national and ethnic ideologies voluntarily adopted by some native practitioners, to quite open and complete control and even suppression by the authorities in parts of the region. The status and behaviour of foreign archaeologists is often ambiguous, with a degree of compliance with 'local conditions' usually required in order to do any work at all. The attraction of the tremendously rich archaeology of Central Asia, as well as hopes of contributing to changes for the better, often appear to outweigh individual concerns about collaboration with the local powers that be.
Frachetti, M. D. and Rouse, L. M. (2012) Central Asia, the Steppe, and the near East, 2500–1500 BC, in A Companion to the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East (ed D. T. Potts), Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK.
Michael D Frachetti
Markofsky, S. 2013. When Survey Goes East: Field Survey Methodologies and Analytical Frameworks in a Central Asian Context. Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory. DOI: 10.1007/s10816-013-9172-9
Steve Markofsky
This paper investigates the applicability and transferability of conventional frameworks of archaeological survey in the context of marginal alluvial environments, particularly the unique inland deltas of Central Asia. These dynamic and visually obstructed landscapes pose unique challenges not only to survey methodologies but also to theory and interpretation. Here, an exploratory approach to data analysis is used that applies three distinct yet integrated methodologies: visibility analysis, multi-scalar spatial analysis and directional (anisotropic) statistics. This approach thereby moves beyond many of the existing conceptual constraints about how we understand surface distributions in arid alluvial landscapes and ultimately identifies both transferable analytical methods and new fieldwork agendas that are relevant to a wide range of survey projects.
