The study by Boxleitner et al. titled as Archaeobotanical investigations at high-elevation sites of the Pamir Mountains and fergana foothills: iScience presents an important contribution to our understanding of prehistoric subsistence strategies and the spread of cultivated plants across Central Asia. The combination of archaeobotanical analyses, direct AMS radiocarbon dating of plant remains and theRead more about Review of Archaeobotanical investigations at high-elevation sites of the Pamir Mountains and Fergana foothills (Boxleitner et al., iScience 2026)[…]

“Osh is one of the oldest cities in Central Asia. It is as old as ancient Rome.” These are the words with which Sydyk Smadiyarov, professor of history and archaeology at Osh State University, introduces his new book about this city that defines the history and culture of southern Kyrgyzstan. Today we will look atRead more about Sydyk Smadiyarov: Osh – history hidden in the streets. New book about local history.[…]

We got a short overview from Petr Kočár, the main author of recently published paper in Archaeological and Antrhopological Sciences Researchers from several Czech academic institutions investigated a unique archaeological feature on the southeastern edge of the Fergana Valley in Kyrgyzstan, at the site of AkDzhar. The focus of their research was the fill ofRead more about A Cattle Watering Place as a Source of Knowledge About the Past[…]

Yu. A. Zadneprovskyi was from the generation of those who had a hard life experience of war years. Therefore, when he came to archeology, he already had hard war years behind him, wounds, concussion, harsh post-blockade Leningrad. And when in the summer of 1946, after finishing his first year, he first got into the archeologicalRead more about Yuryi Alexandrovich Zadneprovskyi in the history of Kyrgyz archaeology[…]