International Women’s Day 2022

WE HONOUR the women of archaeology whose contributions to our understanding of central asian history and cultures is immense This month we honoured three women scientists from Central Asia. Read their extended profiles which detail their work on the archaeology and architecture of Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Galina Karimova, lead researcher, INSTITUTE OF HISTORY, ARCHAEOLOGY AND ETHNOGRAPHY NAMED AFTER A. DONISH Tatyana Filiminova, lead researcher, INSTITUTE OF HISTORY, ARCHAEOLOGY AND ETHNOGRAPHY NAMED AFTER A. DONISH Gavkhar Durdieva, senior researcher, KHOREZM MAMUN ACADEMY On International Women’s Day, we wish to show gratitude and appreciation… Read More

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.

Gavkhar DURDIEVA

khorezm mamun academy, senior researcher and caal team leader Gavkhar has always been motivated by the study of the technical state of architecture and ensuring the proper conditions for sustainably preserving or reconstructing a building with a focus on the architecture of the region of Khorezm, Uzbekistan. She has been a senior researcher in the Khorezm Mamun Academy since 1998. During that time she completed doctoral research on improving the methodology of the protection and restoration of Khiva’s monuments. Her successes have brought her many new connections and opportunities to work with… Read More