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

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