This collection of essays presents a synthesis of current research on the Oxus Civilization,
which rose and developed at the turn of the 3rd to 2nd millennia BC in Central Asia. First …

2011). It contains more than two hundred additional items of bibliography, some, but by no
means all, dating to the past two years. Many new publications appeared or were made …

At the turn of August and September 2017, the third season of the research in the oases of
the Kugitang Pied‑monts, South Uzbekistan, resumed the field survey of the three oases that …

The iconic minaret of Jām stands in a remote mountain valley in central Afghanistan, the
finest surviving monument of the enigmatic 12th-century Ghūrid dynasty. The re-discovery of …

The ivory belt-plate, one of two found in a burial at the site of Tilla Bulak, Uzbekistan, shows
a battle scene between two groups of mounted warriors. It belongs to a small group of figural …

This text represents an overview of the results of the extensive surface survey, conducted in
the hinterland of the site of Burgut Kurgan, south Uzbekistan, during its excavations in 2015 …

This report focuses on a group of petroglyphs that were recently discovered and
documented near the village of Zarabag in the Sherabad District (south Uzbekistan) …

The World of the Oxus Civilization Page 1 457 CHAPTER SIXTEEN LIFE IN THE
COUNTRYSIDE The rural archaeology of the Sapalli culture Kai Kaniuth INTRODUCTION This …

The sudden decline and fall of the Graeco-Bactrian state, in the mid-2nd century bc, was
precipitated by forces both within and without the kingdom. The Indian conquests of the turn …

The article discusses the results of a four weeks pilot project of systematic field survey in an
area of Sherabad district, South Uzbekistan. Survey was conducted in order to detect new …