Pottery from Burgut Kurgan and Kayrit Oasis, Preliminary Report for Season 2015

Abstract

This report – making part of a series of mutually related texts – evaluates a newly uncovered assemblage of Yaz I pottery from the Czech -Uzbekistani -French excavations at the site of Burgut Kurgan, south Uzbekistan. This body of material shows remarkable characteristics, linking it with related Handmade Painted Ware cultures both to the north and to the southwest of Burgut Kurgan.

Keywords

• Pottery
• Burgut Kurgan
• Bactria
• Yaz I culture
• Early Iron Age
• Late Bronze Age