The Buddhist occupation of Tchingiz Tepe (Termez, Uzbekistan) in the Kushan period through the ceramic contexts

Esparraguera, Josep María Gurt i; Gil, Enrique Ariño; Ferreras, Verònica Martínez; Pidaev, Shakir R.

doi:10.1016/j.ara.2015.04.003

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“…During this period, Termez became an important religious center, hosting several Buddhist monastic complexes such as Kara Tepe, Fayaz Tepe, and Tchingiz Tepe (Abdullaev, ). However, there is no evidence of pottery workshops associated with the earliest occupations of the site, although kilns at Tchingiz Tepe and Kara Tepe demonstrate that there was a local production of tableware during the Kushan and Kushano‐Sasanian periods (Gurt Esparraguera, Ariño Gil, Martínez Ferreras, & Pidaev, ; Martínez Ferreras et al, , pp. 437–439; Tsantini, Martínez Ferreras, Ariño Gil, Gurt Esparraguera, & Pidaev, ).…”

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Assessing Hellenistic to nomadic cultural patterns through pottery in ancient Termez, Uzbekistan

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We present the archaeological contextualization and the archaeometric characterization of slipped and nonslipped tableware and common wares from Termez in south Uzbekistan. The aims are, first, to evaluate the manufacture of pottery in the city and region (ancient Bactria) after the conquest of Alexander the Great in the late 4th century B.C. so as to detect Hellenistic Mediterranean influences, and, second, to investigate the evolution in pottery manufacturing following the arrival of the Yuezhi nomadic tribes in the mid‐2nd century B.C. X‐ray fluorescence, X‐ray diffraction, and thin‐section analyses were performed on vessels and on various local raw materials to examine the provenance and the technological processes involved in production (raw materials procurement and processing, shaping, and firing). Surface treatments were analyzed by using scanning electron microscopy equipped with an energy‐dispersive X‐ray spectrometer. The study reveals that all the analyzed wares are local/regional wheel‐thrown products, suggesting a high degree of technological standardization in the procurement and processing of raw materials in the period considered. The main difference between the two pottery traditions concerns the shape of the vessels, pointing to new consumption patterns after the nomadic invasion.

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“…Основными направлениями исследования IPAEB являются изучение производства керамики в Термезе в древние и средневековые периоды и документирование результатов, полученных при раскопках, а также разработка полной последовательности радиоуглеродного датирования, что позволяет углубить знания о последовательности рода занятий на этой территории. (Martínez Ferreras et al 2014;Gurt et al, 2015) Исследования, проведенные в рамках IPAEB, включают планиметрическую и трехмерную реконструкцию сосудов и печей, а также разработку археометрического анализа археологической керамики.…”

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Archaeological Studies in Central Asia from the Beginning of Archaeology as a Science to the Present Day

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Russia – Spain: Comparative Studies Oт History and Culture

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“…The first site in this study is Ancient Termez (Uzbekistan). It is an important historical city on the Silk Road, located in the ancient Bactria region, that was founded after the campaigns of Alexander the Great in the late 4 th century BC Yuezhi (Martínez et al 2014;Gurt et al 2015). This research requires macro-spatial approaches to accurately record all the archaeological structures and to evaluate the integration and evolution of the pottery workshops into the general topography of the city.…”

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Potential of Corona Satellite Imagery for 3d Reconstruction of Archaeological Landscapes

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Proceedings - 3rd Congress in Geomatics Engineering - CIGeo

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This paper presents a preliminary use of satellite imagery from the CORONA program in the reconstruction of thearchaeological landscape of two different sites: Ancient Termez (southern border of Uzbekistan) and Khatm Al Melaha(eastern coast of United Arab Emirates in Kalba area). This analysis constitutes the first step of the work carried out in thefield since 2018 at both sites for an analysis of the syntactic interoperability of multi-scale geospatial data for archaeologicalheritage. The aim of this work was to establish an approach for the use of CORONA satellite imagery for archaeologicalDEM reconstruction. The objectives of the reconstruction were conditioned for different reasons: in the case of Termezprior to the anthropic transformation of the site in the Soviet - Afghan War and in the case of Khatm Al Melaha prior to theurban, coastal and road transformation. The results have provided uneven data due to the characteristics of the existingimagery: mission, resolution, overlap, orography and different ground control point distribution. This methodology opens adoor to the reconstruction of archaeological landscapes that have suffered evident deterioration for different reasons bymeans of historical aerial imagery in the last 60 years, practically, in some cases, as a primary and unique source foranalysing this type of change from the past.

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The Buddhist occupation of Tchingiz Tepe (Termez, Uzbekistan) in the Kushan period through the ceramic contexts

Cited by 14 publications

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Assessing Hellenistic to nomadic cultural patterns through pottery in ancient Termez, Uzbekistan

Assessing Hellenistic to nomadic cultural patterns through pottery in ancient Termez, Uzbekistan

Archaeological Studies in Central Asia from the Beginning of Archaeology as a Science to the Present Day

Potential of Corona Satellite Imagery for 3d Reconstruction of Archaeological Landscapes

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