The Pashkhurt area (south Uzbekistan) in the middle of the 1st millennium BC: Recent Russian‑Uzbek archaeological works

Abstract

The article presents the results of recent archaeological work – surveys and excavations of the 4th–3rd century BC settlement of Gisht Tepa as well as a number of other sites. It recapitulates the historical and archaeological situation in the Pashkhurt foothill basin – a very promising area for researchers of the Achaemenid and Hellenistic period of Central Asia.

Keywords

• central asia
• pashkhurt area
• achaemenid period
• hellenistic period
• gisht tepa