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Tandyr research – a presentation on EAA Rome
11 Sep
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Tandyr research – a presentation on EAA Rome

The regular meeting of European Archaeologists (EAA) took place in Rome this year. The Czech team from southern Kyrgyzstan presented ethnoarchaeological research on the production, distribution and use of tandyrs as a traditional craft in Central Asia (session 505: Ethnographies of Makers and Making: Traditional Craft and Technology in Contemporary Societies). Read more about Tandyr research – a presentation on EAA Rome …

Photos by Stephen Graham – Kyrgyzstan before the Great War
12 May
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Photos by Stephen Graham – Kyrgyzstan before the Great War

Stephen Graham was a British journalist and traveler writing for “The Times” and “Country life” spending his early adult years in Central Asia (“Turkestan”). From the bunch of works he published before and during the Great War three are most interesting from my point of view: A Vagabond in the Caucasus (1911), , Undiscovered RussiaRead more about Photos by Stephen Graham – Kyrgyzstan before the Great War[…]