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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[…]

Winds of the Steppe, Walls of the Oasis: Czech and Foreign Researchers Present New Discoveries from Central Asia
30 Nov
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Winds of the Steppe, Walls of the Oasis: Czech and Foreign Researchers Present New Discoveries from Central Asia

The third annual scholarly colloquium Winds of the Steppe, Walls of the Oasis: Contributions to the Archaeology and History of Central Asia (Vítr stepí, hradby oáz. Příspěvky k archeologii a historii Střední Asie) took place on 20 November 2025 at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University. The traditional meeting, organised by the Institute of ClassicalRead more about Winds of the Steppe, Walls of the Oasis: Czech and Foreign Researchers Present New Discoveries from Central Asia[…]

AI in Fergana – automatic detection of traces of historical settlement
29 May
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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 detectionRead more about AI in Fergana – automatic detection of traces of historical settlement[…]

What would we do on Shorobashat in 2024?
21 Oct
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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 andRead more about What would we do on Shorobashat in 2024?[…]

Animal bones and other archaeozoological remains from Ak-Dzhar, Southern Kyrgyzstan
04 Apr
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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 wereRead more about Animal bones and other archaeozoological remains from Ak-Dzhar, Southern Kyrgyzstan[…]

Archaeobotany on the Silk Road, research results in southern Kyrgyzstan
05 Jan
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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.Read more about Archaeobotany on the Silk Road, research results in southern Kyrgyzstan[…]