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Cultures in contact : Central Asia as focus of trade, cultural exchange and knowledge transmission
- Author / Creator
- Conferences
- International Conference on Central Asian Archaeology (2nd : 2020 : Bern, Switzerland)
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- Creator
- edited by Christoph Baumer, Mirko Novák and Susanne Rutishauser
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Wiesbaden : Harrassowitz Verlag, 2022
- Physical Details
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- x, 615 pages : many illustrations (chiefly color), color maps, plans (some color) ; 31 cm
- ISBNs
- 9783447118804, 3447118806, 9783447392969, 9783447392969
- OCLC
- on1349332472
- Proceedings of a conference held February 13-15, 2020 at the Institute for Archaeological Sciences of the University of Bern.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Includes abstracts in English and Russian.
- Introduction / Christoph Baumer, Mirko Novák and Susanne Rutishauser. Turkmenistan. Bronze Age Sceptres and Staffs from Elam and Margiana, and their Possible Names in Cuneiform and Linear Elamite / Michael Mäder Sharing Spiritual Life and Belief in the Murghab Region (Southern Turkmenistan) : New Evidence from Bronze Age Seals / Luca Forni Lock-shaped Stone Handbags (Pierres Ansées) from Central Asia : Typology, Distribution, and New Findings / Gian Luca Bonora The Rise and Decline of the Desert Cities : The Last Stages of the BMAC at Togolok 1 (Southern Turkmenistan) / Barbara Cerasetti, Roberto Arciero, Traci N. Billings, Maurizio Cattani, Luana D'Ippolito, Luca Forni, Elise Luneau, Kyle G. Olson, Alberto C. Potenza, Lynne M. Rouse, Robert N. Spengler III Between Two Cultures : The Archaeological Record of Akdepe / Aydogdy Kurbanov. Uzbekistan/Tajikistan/Afghanistan/Pakistan. Intercultural Interactions of the Sine Sepulchro Cultural Community (Handmade Painted Ware Cultures) of the Early Iron Age with the Neighbouring Cultures of Asia and the Near East / Johanna Lhuillier -- Isotopic Studies and Archaeological Evidence in Bronze Age Tajikistan : The "Lady from Gelot" / Sonja Kroll, Mike Teufer, Natalia Vinogradova, Yuri Kutimov, Giovanna Lombardo, Delphine Bosch, Marjan Mashkour -- Nomadic Influence in Sogdian Domains : New Discoveries of Ancient Weapons in the Bukhara Oasis (Uzbekistan) / Andrei V. Omel'chenko -- Cross-cultural Exchange across Eurasia as Reflected in the Sealings from Kafir-kala in Samarkand / Alisher Begmatov -- A Study of the Gold Folding Crown from Tillâ-Tepeas an Indicator of Cultural Exchange / Sara Peterson -- Monumental Narrative Paintings of Karatepa in Old Termez, South Uzbekistan / Shakirdjan R. Pidaev -- The Iron Gates Wall near Derbent (Uzbekistan) : From Alexander the Great to the 19th Century / Claude Rapin, Mutalib Khasanov, and Shokhimardan Rakhmanov -- Bactrian Influences in the Early Medieval Re-foundation of Vardāna / Silvia Pozzi and Sirojiddin Mirzaahmedov -- Reflections on Ceramics in the Bukhara Oasis : New Data from the MAFOUB Project / Jacopo Bruno and Gabriele Puschnigg -- Uch Kulakh : Cultural Contacts in the Early Medieval Period / Ilaria Vincenzi -- Gesticulationes Sogdianorum : A Preliminary Study of Hand Gestures in Sogdian Iconography : their Origins and Significance / Ehsan Shavarebi -- The Eastern Zeravshan Valley in the Early Islamic Period (8th to 9th Century CE) : New Evidence from the Sanjar-Shah Excavations (2016-2019) / Michael Shenkar, Sharof Kurbanov, Abdurahmon Pulotov, and Firuz Aminov -- The Three Brothers' Houses? An Elusive Modular Block in Ancient Panjikent / Pavel B. Lurje -- End of a Long Way: Tamga Signs on Ceramics from Qarshovul Tepa / Djangar Ilyasov -- Early Karakhanid Glazed Ceramics of Bukhara : Based on a Corpus of Material from the Citadel of Vardanzeh / Djamaliddin K. Mirzaahmedov, Munira N. Sultanova and Shuxrat T. Adylov -- The Cultural Traditions of Urban Planning in Samarkand during the Epoch of Timur / Azim Malikov -- Archaeological Survey and First Preliminary Results of the Site of Shahr-i Gholghola (Afghanistan) : The Bamiyan Valley as a Centre of Trade and Cultural Exchange / Julio Bendezu-Sarmiento. Azerbaijan. Archaeological Evidence of the Presence of the Khazars in the Territory of Azerbaijan in the 7th to 10th Century CE / Farda Asadov -- Archaeological Representations of Caspian Trade Routes in North-eastern Azerbaijan / Shahin Mustafayev. Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. New Information on the Ak-Beshim Site (Chui Valley, Northern Kyrgyzstan) / Bakyt . Amanbaeva -- Hearth Pedestals of the Medieval Chuy Valley as Ethno-cultural and Chronological Indicators (of the Genesis of the Medieval Cities of the Chuy Valley) / Valerii A. Kolchenko -- Ili Valley Settlement : Trade along the Northern Silk Route / Charles A. Stewart and Steven T. Gilbert -- The Hidden Oghuz : Some Remarks on the Archaeological Investigation of the Kesken-Kuyuk-Kala Site / Dmitriy Voyakin. Xinjiang and Tuva. The Chemurchek (Qie'muerqieke) Cultural Phenomenon As a Result of Western European Migration to Dzungaria and the Mongolian Altai (on Archaeological Data) / Alexey A. Kovalev -- The Kingdom of Kroraina : At the Crossroads of the Ancient World / Tomas Larsen Høisæter -- Burials with Openwork Belt Plaques of the Xiongnu Period from Tuva / Marina E. Kilunovskaya and Pavel M. Leus -- The Earliest "Scythians" in Tuva and the World BeyondArchitectural Ideas and Interaction / Gino Caspari