Author: Lenka Lisá

Review: Used, Reused, Broken, and Dumped: Ceramic Assemblages in Archaeological Context in the Bukhara Oasis
03 Aug
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Review: Used, Reused, Broken, and Dumped: Ceramic Assemblages in Archaeological Context in the Bukhara Oasis

The archaeology of Central Asia has traditionally relied on ceramics as one of its principal chronological tools. Bruno and Puschnigg’s recent paper, Used, reused, broken, and dumped: Ceramics assemblages in archaeological context in the Bukhara Oasis – ScienceDirect however, moves beyond typology and chronology to explore a far more dynamic perspective: the biography of ceramicsRead more about Review: Used, Reused, Broken, and Dumped: Ceramic Assemblages in Archaeological Context in the Bukhara Oasis[…]

Review of Archaeobotanical investigations at high-elevation sites of the Pamir Mountains and Fergana foothills (Boxleitner et al., iScience 2026)
26 Jul
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Review of Archaeobotanical investigations at high-elevation sites of the Pamir Mountains and Fergana foothills (Boxleitner et al., iScience 2026)

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)[…]

A Cattle Watering Place as a Source of Knowledge About the Past
18 Feb
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A Cattle Watering Place as a Source of Knowledge About the Past

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[…]