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Indelible Traces in the Landscape: The Phenomenon of Kurgans in Kyrgyzstan
10 Feb
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Indelible Traces in the Landscape: The Phenomenon of Kurgans in Kyrgyzstan

When driving through the high-mountain valleys of the Tian Shan or gazing at the horizons of Lake Issyk-Kul, you cannot miss them – Kurgans. These burial mounds, which have shaped the face of the Kyrgyz landscape for millennia, are not merely silent hills of earth and stone. They are fascinating open-air archives, concealing stories ofRead more about Indelible Traces in the Landscape: The Phenomenon of Kurgans in Kyrgyzstan[…]

Designing the Foothills: Prehistoric Irrigation, Fields, and Rural Settlementat Ravat, South-western Kyrgyzstan
07 Feb
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Designing the Foothills: Prehistoric Irrigation, Fields, and Rural Settlementat Ravat, South-western Kyrgyzstan

A new research article entitled “Designing the Foothills: Prehistoric Irrigation, Fields, and Rural Settlement at Ravat, South-western Kyrgyzstan” has just been published in the prestigious journal IANSA (Interdisciplinaria Archaeologica – Natural Sciences in Archaeology). The article is authored by Atilla Vatansever, Lenka Lisá, Jozef Chajbullin Koštial, Libor Petr, Aleš Bajer, Kadicha Iskandarovna Tashbaeva, and AlsuRead more about Designing the Foothills: Prehistoric Irrigation, Fields, and Rural Settlementat Ravat, South-western Kyrgyzstan[…]

Where Fire Once Burned Beneath the Mountains
21 Jan
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Where Fire Once Burned Beneath the Mountains

The latest issue of Lidé a Země (1/2026) features a new popular-science article entitled “Starověké železářství a zaniklá krajina v horách Střední Asie: tam, kde plál oheň pod horami (Ancient Iron Production and a Vanished Landscape in the Mountains of Central Asia: Where Fire Once Burned Beneath the Mountains), authored by Atilla Vatansever and LenkaRead more about Where Fire Once Burned Beneath the Mountains[…]