TY - BOOK ID - 86141329 TI - Urban cultures of Central Asia from the Bronze Age to the Karakhanids : learnings and conclusions from new archaeological investigations and discoveries : proceedings of the First International Congress on Central Asian Archaeology held at the University of Bern, 4-6 February 2016 AU - Baumer, Christoph AU - Novák, Mirko AU - International Congress on Central Asian Archaeology PY - 2019 SN - 3447198362 3447111690 PB - Wiesbaden : Harrassowitz Verlag, DB - UniCat KW - Cities and towns KW - Excavations (Archaeology) KW - History KW - Archaeological digs KW - Archaeological excavations KW - Digs (Archaeology) KW - Excavation sites (Archaeology) KW - Ruins KW - Sites, Excavation (Archaeology) KW - Archaeology KW - Global cities KW - Municipalities KW - Towns KW - Urban areas KW - Urban systems KW - Human settlements KW - Sociology, Urban KW - Asia, Central KW - Central Asia. KW - Kasachstan KW - Kirgisien KW - Tadschikistan KW - Turkmenistan KW - Usbekistan KW - Central Asia (general region) KW - Civilization KW - Kirgisistan KW - Kirgistan KW - Kyrgyzstan KW - Kyrgysstan KW - Kirgisische Republik KW - Kirgizija KW - Kyrgyzskaja Respublika KW - Kyrgyz Respublikasy KW - Respublika Kyrgyzstan KW - Republic of Kyrgyzstan KW - Кыргыз Республикасы KW - Кыргызстан KW - Kirgisische Sozialistische Sowjetrepublik KW - 1991 KW - -Kasachien KW - Qazaqstan KW - Qazaqstan Respublikasy KW - Republik Kasachstan KW - Ķazaķstan KW - Ķazaķstan Respublikasy KW - Kazachstan KW - Respublika Kazachstan KW - Kazakhstan KW - Republic of Kazakhstan KW - Kazakstan KW - Казахстан KW - Kasachen KW - Kasachische SSR KW - 10.12.1991 KW - -Asia, Central KW - Soviet Central Asia KW - Tūrān KW - Turkestan KW - West Turkestan KW - Asia KW - Central Asia KW - Tajikistan KW - Toǵikiston KW - Tadžikistan KW - Ǵumḩurii Toǵikiston KW - Respublika Tadžikistan KW - Tožikiston KW - Tadjikistan KW - Tayikistan KW - Tojikiston KW - Todschikiston KW - Tožikiston Žumḩurijati KW - Republik Tadschikistan KW - Tochikiston KW - Тоҷикистон KW - Republic of Tajikistan KW - تاجیکستان KW - Республика Таджикистан KW - Tadschikische Sozialistische Sowjetrepublik KW - 31.08.1991 KW - -O'zbekiston Respublikasi KW - Usbekien KW - Özbekiston Jumhuriyati KW - Oʹzbekiston KW - Ŭzbekiston KW - Ŭzbekiston Respublikasi KW - Uzbekistan KW - Ouzbekistan KW - Respublika Uzbekistan KW - Republic of Uzbekistan KW - Republik Usbekistan KW - Oʹzbekiston Respublikasi KW - Ўзбекистон Республикаси KW - Usbeken KW - Usbekische SSR KW - 01.09.1991 KW - -Turkmenische SSR KW - Turkmenien KW - Turkmenskaja SSR KW - Türkmenistan KW - Türkmenistan Respublikasy KW - Turkmenia KW - Respublika Turkmenistan KW - Republic of Turkmenistan KW - Turkmenostan Respublikasy KW - Turkmenen KW - 27.10.1991 KW - -History UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:86141329 AB - For the first time a comprehensive presentation of the development of urban cultures in Central Asia from the Early Bronze Age (around 3000 BC) to the Middle Ages (about 1200 AD) is exemplarily illuminated in this book on the basis of individual research projects. The treated area extends from Turkmenistan to Mongolia and was home to cultures such as the Bronze Age Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Complex (BMAC), the Sogdian of the Iron Age, the early Parthian or various early medieval ones, namely in the Zhetysu (?Seven Stream country?) in the southeast of Kazakhstan. The urban civilizations that developed here were closely interrelated, on the one hand, with the cultures of the nomadic ranchers who traversed and inhabited this vast region and, on the other hand, with the more developed neighboring civilizations of the Near East and the Far East. Thus, the region became a diverse exchange zone of cultural and religious influences and also played a major role in the transmission of cultural impulses.0The richly illustrated book reflects the contributions of a conference that took place in Bern in 2016 and includes 28 contributions from 50 researchers from 14 countries. The results of many of the excavations presented here will be published in English for the first time. Each article is accompanied by an extensive bibliography and a Russian abstract. ER -