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
Jean-Baptiste Houal
S. 129 - 150 Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
Abstract: How is it that the Greek world of Central Asia could have ended so suddenly with the abandonment of itscapital, Ai Khanoum, by its elites in 145 BC? During its short existence here, Greek culture was successfully introducedwithin this foreign world, perhaps more fully than Achaemenid culture. But how long was it maintained? This articlewill not repeat the themes developed by A. Foucher or D. Schlumberger and their vision of the diffusion of Hellenismtowards India; rather, the object of this study is to evaluate the importance of the impact of the Iranian, Central Asian,and Indian cultures on the Gandhara borders and to determine their limits. However, except for the discovery of coinsin the region and evidence of Greek culture in large urban centres such as Taxila or Kandahar, tracing Greek culture inthis area remains difficult and uncertain. Pottery, though one of the main identifiers of material culture, is difficult to recognisein the archaeological record. This article attempts to identify various cultural components through the detailedanalysis of Achaemenid-Mauryan and Hellenistic ceramics from the archaeological site of Charsadda, published by R.Wheeler, as well as through two new sites located at the limits of this Indo-Greek kingdom: Kabul (Afghanistan) andSehwan Sharif (Pakistan, Sindh). Keywords: pottery; Gandhara; Bactria; Hellenistic period Published Online: 2021/12/17 15:29:46 Object Identifier: 0xc1aa5572 0x003d19c6 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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