Recent Research in Central Asia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2571896 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Philip L Kohl (Wellesley College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1985 |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 789-795 |
| Publication date | 1985-10-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Antiquity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7316 • E-ISSN: 2325-5064 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/280167 |
| OpenAlex | W2331953205 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 8 |
This article summarizes recent prehistoric research in western Central Asia (Western Turkestan) or the area of internal drainage towards the Caspian and Aral Seas, stretching from the Pamir massif and Fergana valley in the east to the Caspian in the west, and from the Aral in the north to the Hindu Kush watershed in Afghanistan and the eastern extension of the Alborz chain and the Iranian plateau in the south (Figure 1). This vast area contains distinct ecological zones ranging from high intermontane valleys to piedmont and alluvial plains, yet despite this diversity and its inevitable consequences for cultural development, certain shared features unite the area into a logical unit of analysis. Western Turkestan is a land of interior drainage with access to no seas other than the landlocked Caspian and Aral basins
Alluvium · Archaeology · Cartography · Central asia · Geography · Massif · Physical geography · Plateau (mathematics · Structural basin · Ancient Near East History · Eurasian Exchange Networks · Geology · Linguistics and Cultural Studies · Paleontology
Central Asia, Turkmenia Before the Achaemenids
The environmental history of the near and middle east since the last ice age
Sondage préliminaire sur l'établissement protohistorique harappéen et post-harappéen de Shortugaï (Afghanistan du N.-E.)
Archaeological Reconnaissance in the Darreh Gaz Plain
Toward a New Outline of the Soviet Central Asian Paleolithic [and Comments and Reply]
Prehistoric Central Asia
South Asian Archaeology 1981
| Citations per year | 0.03 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1992 - 1992 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |