The Oasis of Bukhara
Volume 3: Material Culture, Socio-territorial Features, Archaeozoology and Archaeometry
Arts and Archaeology of the Islamic World volume 21
2024 Brill
Foreword ix
Preface x
List of Figures xi
List of Tables xviii
Notes on Contributors xx
Introduction 1
Rocco Rante
Settlements and Social Features within the Oasis of Bukhara
Rocco Rante, Abdisabur Raimkulov and Fabrizio Crusco
Vardana and the Villages of Obavija
Territorial Definition of a High Medieval District in the Bukhara Oasis 25
Silvia Pozzi
The Bukhara Archaeological Expedition The History of Research in Paykend 43
Andrey V. Omelchenko and Djamal Mirzaakhmedov Translated from Russian by Rocco Rante
Pottery 94
Gabriele Puschnigg and Jacopo Bruno
Petrographic and Chemical Analyses of Ceramics from the Oasis of Bukhara 236
Yvan Coquinot and Nathalie Gandolfo
Physico-chemical Analyses of Ceramics from Bukhara and Paykend 249
Anne Bouquillon, Christel Doublet and Nathalie Gandolfo
Decorated Glazed Ceramics from Bukhara (15th–16th Centuries) 266
Djamal Mirzaakhmedov
Translated from Russian by Rocco Rante
Glassmaking in the Urban Centres of Uzbekistan in the 9th–15th Centuries 278
Djamal Mirzaakhmedov
Translated from Russian by Rocco Rante
Glass in the Bukhara Oasis, Uzbekistan 304
Yoko Shindo (1960–2018), Takako Hosokawa, Tamako Takeda, Toshiyasu Shinmen and Ayano Endo
Animal Remains in the Oasis of Bukhara: Preliminary Results 364
Decruyenaere Delphine, Rocco Rante, Manon Vuillien and Marjan Mashkour
Radiocarbon Dating in the Oasis of Bukhara 371
Pascale Richardin and Rocco Rante
Luminescence Dating of Archaeological Sites from the Oasis of Bukhara 382
Antoine Zink, Elisa Porto and Rocco Rante
Conclusion 405
General Bibliography 409 Index 423
