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Nurbol BAIMUKHANOV
Bobomullo BOBOMULLOEV
Dona KULMATOVA
WANG Shaohan
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review of the 4th Central Asia Seminar Group
Ancient Peoples: Modern Methods – a review The 4th meeting of the Central Asia Seminar Group met on 7 March 2020 at the UCL Institute of Archaeology to hear a series of papers on new and ongoing archaeological research in Central Asia. Host David Fallon of the Association for Central Asian Civilisations and Silk Road Studies and the CAAL project welcomed everyone to a day of stimulating talks. We began by hearing an overview of a new mapping project by Loren Cowin (Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel) focusing on the medieval sections of Merv… Read More
Review of the 6th Islamic Archaeology Day
On 1 February, organised by Corisande Fenwick (UCL), Rahil Alipour (UCL), Hugh Kennedy (SOAS), Scott Redford (SOAS), and Tim Williams (UCL) an international group of established scholars and early career researchers gathered together to hear new discoveries and ongoing investigations into the archaeology of a geographically and culturally diverse region. The day began with Michelina Di Cesare (La Sapienza-Rome) on the Great Mosque of Kufa at Qasr al-Imara (Iraq) where the 7th century mosque is getting new attention. Recorded in texts from the period as well having its foundations described by Ibn… Read More
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