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Pages: xxvi + 258 p. Illustrations:20 b/w, 181 col., 74 tables b/w., 8 maps color. Language(s):English. Publication Year:2024. Brepols, ISBN: 978-2-503-60294-3. Paperback -- SUMMARY Sarazm, in modern-day Tajikistan, is rightly famous as an archaeological site. A Chalcolithic and Bronze Age settlement, it formed part of a cultural and economic network that stretched from the steppe of Central Asia across to the Iranian Plateau and the Indus. Between 1984 and 1994, fieldwork led by a joint Tajik-French project took place at Excavation VII, yielding unique archaeological contexts and materials that shed light on Sarazm s multicultural nature, its evolution through time, and the varied activities that took place at the site. Now, in this new volume, the first comprehensive description and analysis of all available data from Excavation VII is presented, and the data from this excavation contextualized both at site level and within the broader setting of the Steppe and Oasis cultures of the IVth and IIIrd millennia BCE. The author offers functional, cultural, and chronological conclusions about the exposed occupations, as well as putting forward new interpretations and hypotheses on this important settlement. TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface 1. Contextualizing Sarazm and Excavation VII Sarazm as a Multicultural Site Chronology Settlement Pattern, Function, and Society Land, Minerals, and Metals: The raison(s) d être of Sarazm At the Intersection of the Middle Asian Interaction Sphere and the Steppe Cultures Significance of Sarazm in the Understanding of the Origins of the Oxus Civilization 2. The Environmental Setting of Sarazm The Zeravshan River Mineral Resources Climate Topography, Geomorphology, and Micromorphology Exploitation of Plant and Animal Resources 3. Archaeological Contexts Digging the Archives Excavation Expanse, Stratigraphy, and Strategy Level I1 Level I2 Level I3 Level I4 Level I-North/East Level II1 Level II2 Level II-North/East Level III1 Level III2 Level III2-North/East Level III3 Level III3-North/East Levels IV1 IV2 Antique Tomb Unallocated Context Numbers Functions of the Areas Exposed in Excavation VII Features and Architectural Aspects of Excavation VII and their Parallels at Sarazm and Beyond 4. Radiocarbon Dates 5. Ceramic Vessels Recording System Classification Quantities Groups 1 and 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 Group 7: Misfired Fragments Evidence for Ceramic Production at Sarazm Function of the Vessels Stratigraphic Distribution of the Ceramics Spatial Distribution of the Ceramics Chrono-cultural Relationships 6. Small Finds Classification Quantities Analysis and Terminology Bone Industry Shell Industry Terracotta Industry Chalcedony, Flint, Quartz Sandstone Knapped Lithic Industry Quartz (Rock Crystal) Knapped Lithic Industry and Bead Making Carnelian Industry Lapis Lazuli Industry Turquoise Industry Steatite and Frit Industries Stone Industry Pigment and Remains Relating to Pigment Preparation Copper Industry Lead Industry Iron Industry Stratigraphic and Spatial Distribution of the Small Finds Activities in the Areas Exposed in Excavation VII Raw Material Procurement and Cultural Relationships 7. Conclusion Chronology Nature of the Occupations and Cultural Relationships Works Cited. N° de ref. del artículo 02476
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