The Bronze Age and Early Iron Age in the Margiana Lowlands
The Bronze Age and Early Iron Age in the Margiana Lowlands

Author: Iminzhan Suleĭmanovich Masimov

Publisher: BAR International Series

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13:

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Volume II in the series on The Archaeological Map of the Murghab Delta focuses on The Bronze Age and Early Iron Age in the Margiana Lowlands. After an exposition of the methods employed in the survey of such a vast area (over 20,000 square km), chapters review settlement patterns and cultural variability, and include reports on unpublished stamp and cylinder seals, on recent excavations, and on ceramic production and iron working.

The World of the Oxus Civilization
The World of the Oxus Civilization

Author: Bertille Lyonnet

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2020-11-17

Total Pages: 997

ISBN-13: 1351757822

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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 discovered in the 1970s, the Oxus Civilization, or the Bactria–Margiana Archaeological Complex (BMAC), has engendered many different interpretations, which are explored in this volume by an international group of archaeologists and researchers. Contributors cover all aspects of this fascinating Bronze Age culture: architecture; material culture; grave goods; religion; migrations; and trade and interactions with neighboring civilizations, from Mesopotamia to the Indus, and the Gulf to the northern steppes. Chapters also examine the Oxus Civilization’s roots in previous local cultures, explore its environmental and chronological context, or the possibly coveted metal sources, and look into the reasons for its decline. The World of the Oxus Civilization offers a broad and fascinating examination of this society, and provides an invaluable updated resource for anyone working on the culture, history, and archaeology of this region and on the multiple interactions at work at that time in the ancient Near East.

Treasures from the Oxus
Treasures from the Oxus

Author: Massimo Vidale

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2017-06-21

Total Pages: 396

ISBN-13: 183860975X

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In history, this grand arterial 1500-mile waterway was always seen as the natural frontier between the northern provinces of the Iranian empires and the outer Turanian lands. It was for centuries central to Achaemenid and later Persian power. But, as the author shows, it has a prehistory which goes very much further back: and a succession of skilled yet still elusive Bronze Age cultures flourished here well before the rise of Cyrus the Great in the 6th century BCE. This richly illustrated book explores the fascinating history, art and archaeology of the region, including its primal trade in silk and foodstuffs; the mineral wealth of the Oxus basin; its exotic myths and beliefs; and the converging tribes and peoples which led to a new stability, economic growth and urbanism. The volume contains 150 full-colour photographs of notable artefacts, including silver decorated vessels, inlaid stone pots, agate beads and 25 'Bactrian Princesses': remarkable statuettes made in chlorite and limestone. Most of these rare objects have never been seen, let alone published, before.

In the Shadow of the Ancestors: The Prehistoric Foundations of the Early Arabian Civilization in Oman
In the Shadow of the Ancestors: The Prehistoric Foundations of the Early Arabian Civilization in Oman

Author: Serge Cleuziou

Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd

Published: 2021-01-14

Total Pages: 582

ISBN-13: 1789697891

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This book, first published in 2007, offered the first and only summary of decades of archaeological research in the Oman Peninsula. The original eleven chapters are expanded and enhanced in this new edition by a number of new ‘windows’, written by a new generation of scholars, in order to include more recent research and interpretations.

Tales of Three Worlds - Archaeology and Beyond: Asia, Italy, Africa
Tales of Three Worlds - Archaeology and Beyond: Asia, Italy, Africa

Author: Donatella Usai

Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd

Published: 2020-01-31

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13: 1789694418

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This book presents a series of papers in honour of Sandro Salvatori divided into three main sections reflecting his long years of work in Middle Asia, his time in Italy as an officer of the Archaeological Superintendency (Ministry of Cultural Heritage), and finally his studies on the prehistory of north-eastern Africa.

Bridging the Gap: Disciplines, Times, and Spaces in Dialogue – Volume 3
Bridging the Gap: Disciplines, Times, and Spaces in Dialogue – Volume 3

Author: Costanza Coppini

Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd

Published: 2022-09-15

Total Pages: 230

ISBN-13: 1803273410

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Three volumes present the proceedings of the 6th Broadening Horizons Conference, which took place at the Freie Universität Berlin from 24–28 June, 2019. This volume - Volume 3 - contains 14 papers from Session 4 — Crossing Boundaries: Connectivity and Interaction; and Session 6 — Landscape and Geography: Human Dynamics and Perceptions.

Connections and Complexity
Connections and Complexity

Author: Shinu Anna Abraham

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-06-16

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13: 1315431831

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This compilation of original research articles highlight the important cross-regional, cross-chronological, and comparative approaches to political and economic landscapes in ancient South Asia and its neighbors. Focusing on the Indus Valley period and Iron Age India, this volume incorporates new research in South Asia within the broader universe of archaeological scholarship. Contributions focus on four major themes: reinterpreting material culture; identifying domains and regional boundaries; articulating complexity; and modeling interregional interaction. These studies develop theoretical models that may be applicable researchers studying cultural complexity elsewhere in the world.

Moving in the Margins: Desert Travel and Power in Medieval Central Asia
Moving in the Margins: Desert Travel and Power in Medieval Central Asia

Author: Paul D. Wordsworth

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2024-09-26

Total Pages: 367

ISBN-13: 9004710280

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Central Asia has been perceived as a landscape of connections, of Silk Roads; an endless plain across which waves of conquerors swiftly rode on horseback. In reality the region is highly fragmented and difficult to traverse, and overcoming these obstacles led to routes becoming associated with epic travel and high-value trade. Put simply, the inhabitants of these lands became experts in the art of travelling the margins. This volume seeks to unravel some of the myths of long-distance roads in Central Asia, using a desert case-study to put forward a new hypothesis for how medieval landscapes were controlled and manipulated.

Comparing the Ptolemaic and Seleucid Empires
Comparing the Ptolemaic and Seleucid Empires

Author: Christelle Fischer-Bovet

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2021-09-30

Total Pages: 409

ISBN-13: 1108809960

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The Ptolemaic and Seleucid empires are usually studied separately, or else included in broader examinations of the Hellenistic world. This book provides a systematic comparison of the roles of local elites and local populations in the construction, negotiation, and adaptation of political, economic, military and ideological power within these states in formation. The two states, conceived as multi-ethnic empires, are sufficiently similar to make comparisons valid, while the process of comparison highlights and better explains differences. Regions that were successively incorporated into the Ptolemaic and then Seleucid state receive particular attention, and are understood within the broader picture of the ruling strategies of both empires. The book focusses on forms of communication through coins, inscriptions and visual culture; settlement policies and the relationship between local and immigrant populations; and the forms of collaboration with and resistance of local elites against immigrant populations and government institutions.

Socio-Environmental Dynamics along the Historical Silk Road
Socio-Environmental Dynamics along the Historical Silk Road

Author: Liang Emlyn Yang

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2019-02-27

Total Pages: 535

ISBN-13: 3030007286

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This open access book discusses socio-environmental interactions in the middle to late Holocene, covering specific areas along the ancient Silk Road regions. Over twenty chapters provide insight into this topic from various disciplinary angles and perspectives, ranging from archaeology, paleoclimatology, antiquity, historical geography, agriculture, carving art and literacy. The Silk Road is a modern concept for an ancient network of trade routes that for centuries facilitated and intensified processes of cultural interaction and goods exchange between West China, Central Asia, the Middle East, and the Mediterranean. Coherent patterns and synchronous events in history suggest possible links between social upheaval, resource utilization and climate or environment forces along the Silk Road and in a broader area. Post-graduates in studying will benefit from this work, as well as it will stimulate young researchers to further explore the role played by the environment in long-term socio-cultural changes.