Kaunchi culture
The Kaunchi culture (200 BC-800 AD) is an archaeological culture that spread over the area along the Syr Darya River and its tributaries ( Angren , Chirchiq , Keles ).
The archaeological culture is named after the location of the ancient city of Kaunchi- Tepe . 1934–37 GV Grigoriev was one of the first Russian archaeologists to study Kaunchi-Tepe.
Typical of the Kaunchi culture are settlements that are surrounded by kurgan (burial catacombs) with long dromoi , crypts and burial chambers with bones, horse harness and typical nomadic ritual supplements, near the water. It was mainly cattle farming and non-irrigated agriculture (millet, barley, wheat, rice, cotton and fruits). From 300–400 AD, weapons can also be identified as burial attachments.
In the center of the settlements there are mostly monumental buildings in oval shape, sometimes with a defensive wall. They are attributed to the political domain of the Kangar .
literature
- Drevnosti Chardary , Alma-Ata, 1968 (Russian)
- Grigoriev GV, Kaunchi-Tepe (excavations from 1935), Tashkent , 1940 (Russian)
- Isamiddin M., Suleymanov R.Kh., Yerkurgan (stratigraphy and periodization) , Tashkent, 1984 (Russian)
- Levina LM pottery finds from the lower and middle Syrdarya ; Works by "Khorezm" Archaeological & Ethnographic Expedition, Volume 17, Moscow, 1971 (Russian)
- The Great Soviet Encyclopedia , 3rd Edition, 1970–1979 (Russian)
credentials
- ^ A b Masson VM, Pre-Islamic Central Asia, http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/archeology-v ( Encyclopædia Iranica )