Talaškan-Tepe 1

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Talaškan-Tepe 1 is the modern name of a fortress from the Iron Age, the remains of which are in present-day Uzbekistan . The ruins are located about 15 km southwest of Sherobod ( Surxondaryo Province ). Talaškan is the name of an abandoned village near which there are three ruined mounds. The southernmost of these hills is about 1.6 hectares and is called Talaškan-Tepe 1. Here, the remains of a ring wall that is still 3.5 m high in the northwest and has a diameter of 125 m could be found. The remains were discovered during field inspections in 1972. In 1973, small parts of the facility were excavated. In the north of the wall a 30 × 10 m probe was created. Additional excavations were carried out from 1976 to 1978 by the Institute for Art Research and the Institute for Archeology of the Academy of Sciences in Uzbekistan . Further excavations took place in 1985–1986.

The wall of the complex was probably built in the 7th or 6th century BC. Today it is about 5 m wide at the foot, while the walls of the towers are about 2.8 m thick. The walls were once erected perpendicular. Building materials are rectangular adobe bricks with an admixture of straw. The complex is round and protected a settlement inside. However, only a few remains of this settlement have been found. She fell victim to the agricultural activities on site. A few houses could only be excavated in the southeast. The residential buildings appear irregular, but each has several rooms. The wall of the fortress has defensive towers towards the outside, the entrances of which are arched and have semicircular interiors. It had loopholes that are laid out like a chessboard. The lower ones are at a height of about 0.6 / 0.8 m; the upper ones, often in poor condition, at a height of about 1.2 m. In the north there was a gate system, which was given two barrier walls in a later construction phase, these are two walls in front of the gate, which made the direct entrance to the system difficult. Based on the ceramics, the complex was assigned to the culture level Kučuk III, which corresponds to the 7th or 6th century BC. The fortress was inhabited until Kučuk IV (6th or 5th century BC). The exact function of the system remains uncertain. In the literature, the assumption has been made that it was a kind of refuge.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Nasiba S. Baimatowa: 5000 years of architecture in Central Asia, adobe vault from 4th / 3rd centuries. Jt. V. Until the end of the 8th century AD (Archeology in Iran and Turan, Vol. 7), Verlag Philipp von Zabern, Mainz 2008, ISBN 978-3-8053-3906-3 , p. 167
  2. ↑ Baimatowa: 5000 Years of Architecture in Central Asia , p. 170
  3. ↑ Baimatowa: 5000 Years of Architecture in Central Asia , p. 171
  4. ↑ Baimatowa: 5000 Years of Architecture in Central Asia , pp. 168–169

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