research
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AI in Fergana – automatic detection of traces of historical settlement
The current results of research into the topography of archaeological and modern settlements in the eastern part of the Fergana Basin were presented at the conference Computer Support in Archaeology in Broumov, Czech Republic. In accordance with the theme of the conference (AI in research), the results of training a spatial model for automatic detection of tepes and recent settlements were presented. Training of visual data (aerial images) is completed (Fig. 01 – statistical results of training and data validation) and a pilot deployment of the model for tepes prediction in the Osh region of Kyrgyzstan was carried out. On an area of 600 square km, 64 new tepes were…
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What would we do on Shorobashat in 2024?
Following a visit to (and initial assessment of the potential of) the Shorobashat site in 2023, this agglomeration will be the target of a systematic field survey in 2024. The culturally eponymous site, which dominates the settlement pattern of the Kara-suu region, has already been the subject of interest and research by Y. Zadneprovskyi and one of the goals of our expedition is a revisionary assessment of his research – where his research probes were located and what kind (and quality) of information came from these researches. Another objective is to define the level of preserved field relics of the original town (?) and to delimit its spatial extent using…
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Animal bones and other archaeozoological remains from Ak-Dzhar, Southern Kyrgyzstan
Animal bone remains from Kyrgyz sites are rarely published, so studying material from Ak-Dzhar near Osh can provide valuable information for understanding past and present communities. In the case of Ak-Dzhar, animal bones and other vertebrate remains were recovered mainly by hand-collecting of archaeological sondages; in a few cases, samples from the archaeological fills were also floated. The analysis of finds was carried out at the excavation site under field conditions and so only a limited number of instruments were available. Within the domesticated ungulates, sheep and goat (Ovis/Capra) remains formed the dominant component of the assemblage. Findings of different age categories and different anatomical skeletal parts were recorded, with…
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Archaeobotany on the Silk Road, research results in southern Kyrgyzstan
The Silk Road is one of the most famous trade routes, which is necessarily associated not only with the exchange of goods and knowledge, but also with cultural customs and cultivated crops. The waypoints on this relatively branched route served as a kind of centers, on whose development it is possible to follow its dynamics. The paper deals with the archaeobotanical research of one such center, in this case the settlement mounds (tepe) in the Ak-Jar locality, situated approx. 20 km east of the city of Osh in southern Kyrgyzstan at an altitude of approx. 1300 m. The locality is located at the foot of the Pamir Mountains, where one…
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GIS lectures on Jalalabad university
At the beginning of October 2023, a lecture on predictive modeling of the Silk Road route through the Pamirs (from Osh to Kashgar) was held at the Jalalabad University (Institute of History).
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Two short films about the expedition to the Pamir in 1928
The end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century was in the spirit of interesting scientific cooperation between Germany and Russia (Soviet Union).
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A look back at 2019 and a new research season for 2020.
The initial research season in 2019 was mostly about exploring the possibilities and potential of the landscape for future archaeological research.
