Excavating a Silk Road City
The Medieval Citadel of Taraz, Kazakhstan
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11784398 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Giles Dawkes (0000-0001-5221-9950, East Sussex County Council, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2013-10-24 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Archaeology International (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1463-1725 • E-ISSN: 2048-4194 |
| Publisher | Ubiquity Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.5334/ai.1603 |
| OpenAlex | W2101158572 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
The city of Taraz, located near the southern border with Uzbekistan, is one of the most significant historic settlements in Kazakhstan, and two seasons of fieldwork in the central market-place have revealed a substantial depth of medieval stratigraphy. Despite frequent mentions in Arabic and Chinese written sources, both the form and evolution of this important Silk Road city remain poorly understood. Evidence for a series of successive medieval buildings, including a bathhouse and a Zoroastrian flame shrine, was found in the area of the former citadel. These excavations, undertaken as a joint initiative between the Centre for Applied Archaeology and Kazakh archaeologists, were the first for 50 years in the city and form part of a wider public outreach programme
Ancient history · Archaeology · Excavation · Geography · Human settlement · Archaeological Research and Protection · Eurasian Exchange Networks · History · Soviet and Russian History
| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0,57 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2026 (8) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |