BMAC Archaeology
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چكيده فرهنگ بلخي-مروي، پيشينه و منشأ شكل گيري آن، ارتباطات درون و برون منطقه اي و تفسير برخـي از شباهتها در توليدات و دست ساخته هاي اين فرهنگ با مناطق همجوارش، يكي از مهمترين مباحث و مسائل باستانشناسي مرتبط با اين فرهنگ است. وجود برخي از... more
Каталог и анализ изображений на печатях и амулетах Бактрии и Маргианы из разных коллекций ( всего более 1800 предметов, 95% которых в этой книге были опубликованы впервые). The civil war in Afghanistan gave unparalleled impetus to the... more
AIT versus OIT: дискуссия на "Генофонд.рф" (составление, корректура, редактирование, предисловие, сноски и приложения Семененко А.А.) / А.А. Семененко, И.А. Тоноян-Беляев, Е.В. Балановская, О.П. Балановский, Я.В. Васильков, В.В.... more
In this paper I translate and interpret R̥gveda 1.143, which presents a newer and stronger vision of Dīrghatamas. In the arrangement of the surviving Śākalya recension of the R̥V, 1.143 belongs to the Dīrghatamas cycle, a group of 25... more
This paper presents the detailed stylistic and functional analysis of a large collection of artifacts made from Asian elephant ivory discovered at the Oxus Civilization site of Gonur Depe in southern Turkmenistan. Artifacts in ivory of... more
As a disruption in the historical development of southern Central Asia, the disappearance of the Oxus Civilization between the Bronze and Iron Ages in the middle of the second millennium BCE forms an interesting case study of... more
В монографии рассматриваются археологические материалы погребальных памятников раннего и среднего бронзового века, могильников Фархор и Кангурттут 2. Погребальный инвентарь этих могильников свидетельствует о формировании в середине —... more
The next volume of the Transactions covers a part of the works carried out under the Cooperation Agreement between the IEA RAS and the Ministry of Culture of Turkmenistan at the Gonur-depe archaeological site in the southeast Karakum... more
The activity of the Russian-Turkmen Margiana Archaeological Expedition at the Bronze Age site Gonur Depe and the surrounding settlements located in the Bayramali etrap of the Mary velayat are briefy described. The expedition is working... more
Catalog of the graves (814) of the Bronze Age site of Adji Kui. Grave 1 of the Farmstead. Only the text is here provided: drawings and photos will be uploaded only after the publication of the whole book For any further information and... more
This issue of Transaction includes a large memorial section dedicated to the deceased colleagues, founders of this series and friends of the Margiana expedition – Pavel M. Kozhin, Michael F. Kosarev and Olivier Lecomte. A number of... more
The article examines the different types of female deities in BMAC and the origins of these goddesses. It was shown that all definable types of the female pantheon, as well as their attributes and outward appearance, can be traced... more
"Treasures of ancient Margiana" (2013) was the last book to be published during the life of Viktor Sarianidi, the pioneer and explorer of the new center of ancient Eastern civilization on the land of Turkmenistan.It is second revised.... more
Types of more than 5000 funeral construction (4408 tombs with remains) and their distribution around the territory of Gonur Depe Bronze Age site of Turkmenistan are described. Shafts (53,4%), ordinary (30,5%) and huge (0,15 %) pits, cists... more
Сополли маданиятининг глиптикаси ва сфрагистикаси // Глиптика и сфрагистика культуры Сапалли // Glyptics and sphragistics of Sapalli culture
During the Final Bronze Age (around 3750/3700 BP), the proto-urban sedentary cultural entity in southern Central Asia—known as the Oxus civilization or Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Complex—underwent major social transformations in... more
Gonur Depe is the administrative and religious center of Ancient Margiana, the ruins of which are located in 85 km to the north of the town of Bayramaly (Turkmenistan). The time frame for the existence of Gonur Depe is defined in the... more
Unique mosaic composition of the end of the third millenium BC from the "Royal Necropolis" of Gonur Depe is describing. Some walls of the underground "hypogea" and so-called "ostensories" as well small originally wooden boxes found in... more
Открытие раннее совершенно неизвестного древневосточного царства Маргуш в одной из величайших пустынь мира — в Кара Кумах (современный Туркменистан) — до сих пор не до конца осознанный феномен. Великолепие дворцов и храмов, высочайшее... more
The article is devoted to engravings of wheeled vehicles of latter half of the 3rd – beginning of the 2nd millennium B.C. in rock art of Minusinsk basin at Upper Yenisei. Two-wheel and fourwheel vehicles with or without tilt, with... more
This chapter presents a concise synthesis of the state of knowledge on the end of the Oxus Civilization. It brings new lights on diverse issues about the interpretation of this particular moment of sociocultural evolution and on the... more
[Access the full article free until 21 Aug 2022 here: https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1fLHI,rVDBbx8S -- after that, please email me for a copy] Abstract: The publication of data relevant to prehistoric socio-economies in southern Central... more
This article deals with the cult weapons of Gonur Depe. It contains a catalogue of the cult axes, cult hammers and the sickle swords and an attempt at typology of the types of weapons. The weapons were systematised according to the shape... more
“Grave ADJ1.F from the Farmhouse of Adji Kui 1 (Margiana, Turkmenistan): Description, and Preliminary Analysis of an Oxus Civilisation Funerary Context”, in: М.Н. Губогло, В.В. Куфтерин (eds) ПРИРОДА – ЧЕЛОВЕК – ОБЩЕСТВО: ОТ ПРОШЛОГО К... more