Archaeology of Central Asia during the 1st millennium BC, from the Beginning of the Iron age to the Hellenistic period
Proceedings from the Workshop held at 10th ICAANE
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Archaeology of Central Asia during the 1st millennium BC, from the Beginning of the Iron age to the Hellenistic period
Proceedings from the Workshop held at 10th ICAANE
ISBN 978-3-7001-8449-2 Print Edition ISBN 978-3-7001-9041-7 Online Edition
Johanna LHUILLIER
is Researcher at Archéorient laboratory at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique in Lyon
Gunvor Lindström
S. 89 - 104 Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
Abstract: The joint Tajik-German excavations at Torbulok in south-west Tajikistan add another sanctuary to the mapof religious sites of the Hellenistic Far East. By 2016, more than 550m² were excavated, revealing a complex of severalterraces, courtyards and smaller buildings.2 They are from three phases, assigned according to the ceramic evidencefrom the Hellenistic period (end of 4th to mid-2nd century BC). Of special significance for the ancient Bactrian religionis a courtyard with seven miniature altars as well as water basins connected to a bothros-like cult installation containingseveral votive gifts and offerings. The sanctuary in Torbulok was probably a rural shrine of regional importance, a typeof sanctuary previously unknown in Hellenistic Bactria. Keywords: Hellenistic period; Bactria; Torbulok; religion; sanctuary; recent fieldwork; Tajikistan Published Online: 2021/12/17 15:26:40 Object Identifier: 0xc1aa5572 0x003d19c2 Rights: . The present volume edited by Johanna Lhuillier gathers contributions presented during the workshop “Archaeology of Central Asia during the 1st millennium BC” at the 10th ICAANE in Vienna in 2016. Designed to treat both the Iron Age and the Hellenistic period, it aims to embrace the diversity of current archaeological work led on the 1st millennium BC in Central Asia. The contributions are based on previously unpublished data and ongoing fieldwork, treating key aspects of the covered period, like chronology, the development of settlements and architecture, and the distribution and evolution of material culture. The volume casts new light on this challenging period by characterizing its cultural, socio-economical, and political transformations and focusing on broader interactions with neighbouring cultures. … Der von Johanna Lhuillier herausgegebene Band versammelt Beiträge zur Eisenzeit und zum Hellenismus in Zentralasien, die während des Workshops "Archaeology of Central Asia during the 1st millenium BC" im Rahmen der 10. ICAANE im April 2016 in Wien präsentiert wurden. Basierend auf bisher unveröffentlichten Daten zur laufenden Feldforschung und Forschungsprojekten werden Schlüsselaspekte wie Chronologie, Entwicklung von Architektur und Siedlungen sowie Verteilung und Entwicklung materieller Kultur behandelt, wobei versucht wurde, die große Bandbreite laufender archäologischer Arbeiten zum 1. Jahrtausend v. Chr. in Zentralasien abzudecken. Der vorliegende Band wirft neues Licht auf diese herausfordernde Zeit, wobei der Fokus auf kulturellen, sozioökonomischen und politischen Umbrüchen sowie den zunehmenden Interaktionen mit benachbarten Kulturen liegt. |
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