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Discovery of inscriptions in the Almosi Gorge, Tajikistan
Bobomullo Bobomulloev reports on a recent discovery of important Bactrian inscriptions on rocks, high in the Tajik mountains
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ARCHAEOTOURISM AROUND BISHKEK
Margarita Prifti’s archaeotourism to Balasagun (with Burana Tower), Tash Rabat, Koshoy Korgon + many delicious meals along the way.
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CENTRAL ASIAN DECLARATION OF THE PRINCIPLES OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL HERITAGE MANAGEMENT
‘The adopted document has, as its ultimate goal, the higher guarantee of protection of the archaeological heritage…’
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KYRGYZSTAN TRAVELOGUE
Federica Cilio writes about a recent visit to Kyrgyzstan and visiting archaeological sites with project partner Bakyt Amanbaeva
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Big Guldursun, Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan
3D models of Big Guldursun (Большой Гульдурсун, Катта Гулдурсин), fortress site by partner institution IICAS Heritage of Karakalpakstan series
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Expedition to Кангурттут Kangurttut
During reconnaissance work on the side of one of the southern hills, clearly visible from the village of Kangurttut, it was possible to discover a very interesting artificial earthen mound—a mound of significant size.
В ходе разведывательной работы на возвышенности одного из южных холмов, хорошо просматриваемых из селения Кангурттут, удалось обнаружить очень интересную искусственную земляную насыпь – курган значительных размеров. -
Application of digital heritage documentation for condition assessments and monitoring change in Uzbekistan
Open Access article published in ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences on work at Khiva and Bukhara, Uzbekistan.
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Urban Expansion and Kurgan Loss in Almaty, Kazakhstan
Victoria Sluka looks at the ways urban expansion is causing the loss of kurgans outside Almaty, Kazakhstan
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Digitising glass plate negatives from the archives in Dushanbe, Tajikistan
Galina Karimova gives background and ongoing methods for digitising glass plate negatives
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Spatial risk assessment and the protection of cultural heritage in southern Tajikistan
Link and excerpt from open access article published by Marco Nebbia, Federica Cilio, Bobomullo Bobomulloev on their remote sensing work in Tajikistan
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Lebap, Turkmenistan: mapping threats to heritage sites
Luca Rapisarda creates an overall risk assessment map – a visual summary of the impact of threats analysed depicting the areas and threats impacting the archaeological sites.
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CAAL regional archaeological maps
Marco Nebbia demonstrates how the regional archaeological map team is integrating digitised archives.
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Khatlon, Tajikistan: a multi-source remote sensing approach
Federica Cilio looks at using Google Earth, ESRI, Bing Aerial, CORONA, and Soviet topographic maps to demonstrate that the combination of this data allows an accurate and in-depth view of an area of interest.
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Untying the knots of Central Asian carpets
‘Because I am primarily interested in technological systems, innovation, and the evolution thereof, my fieldwork tends to focus on documenting the processes involved in pile textile production.’
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Itchan Kala Ичан Кала
…the aim of the initiative was to improve the documentation and condition assessment of the cultural site by using digital technologies.
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Download Soviet maps with Python
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Soviet maps for identifying archaeological sites in Central Asia
USSR had a strong tradition of cartography and map-making and the regions that we are mapping using remote sensing on the CAAL project have different levels of maps from different periods.
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Kyz Kala of Ancient Merv
…We have several years of documentation for this area and I am hoping to cover some of them gradually.
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‘Spying’ on the Amu Darya
After georeferencing a number of CORONA images dating from June-July 1970 it is possible to appreciate how the riverine area has been drastically transformed through processes of soil deposition to the upstream and soil erosion towards the downstream…
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Tumsukly Minara caravansary
…we know caravanserai are often found at fairly regular intervals (a day’s journey with your camels): can we find the rest of this route across the desert, a journey of nearly 200 kilometres?
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Taxkorgan
Xuanzang, the famous Buddhist monk visited the city around 649 (Li 1997) while travelling from Badakhshan to Khotan.
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Murghab River
work experience in remote sensing
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Miran
Remains consist of a walled city, Tibetan fort, Buddhist monastic sites, and complex irrigation system. If you are a curious human you will want to visit the site but if you don’t do your homework ahead of time you’ll find the experience confusing in terms of what exactly you are looking at.
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Fruit from the Sands
Robert Spengler’s new book, Fruit from the Sands (2019, University of California Press), is thus timely as it seeks to explore not simply the origins of the ‘founder’ Old World cereals of wheat, barley and rice, but the ways in which they and other less commonly discussed plants have travelled from their places of origin to end up across the globe on our tables today.
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Bunjikat
…workshop in Khujend, Tajikistan, with our Tajik colleagues, led us to explore a well-preserved watchtower and associated settlement activity in a smaller river valley to the west…
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