Preliminary Report on the Excavations at Burgut Kurgan in 2015

Abstract

This text summarizes the preliminary results of the first season of archaeological excavations at the site of Burgut Kurgan in Pashkhurt Valley, south Uzbekistan, which were conducted by the Czech -Uzbekistani- -French team in 2015. The site represents a unique walled settlement of the transitional period between the Late Bronze and Early Iron Age of southern Central Asia.

Keywords

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