Archaeological Survey in the Oases of Maydon and Goz in the Piedmont of the Kugitang Mountains (South Uzbekistan) – Preliminary report for season 2017

Abstract

At the turn of August and September 2017, the third season of the research in the oases of the Kugitang Pied‑ monts, South Uzbekistan, resumed the field survey of the three oases that had been researched in previous seasons (2015: Zarabag; 2016: Zarabag, Karabag, Kampyrtepa). The 2017 survey was conducted in the areas of the modern villages of Maydon and Goz. The following report presents new archaeological data gained from these two oases and their hinterlands. The methods used during the survey were the same as in the previous seasons. The evidence of settlement shows similar patterns and dynamics that were recognized in the other oases in the previous seasons.

Keywords

• Central Asia
• Uzbekistan
• field survey
• oases
• water sources
• karezes
• Bronze Age
• Early Iron Age
• Medieval Period