REPORT OF 2014 ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIELD RESEARCH IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE SAMARKAND VALLEY OF UZBEKISTAN
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The Samarkand Basin, located at the western end of the Western Tianshan Mountains, is surrounded by lush
water and grass. Since the Bronze Age, many nomadic peoples, such as the Sezhong, Sarmatians, Da Yuezhi, and
Shuhuang, have been active and pastoral here. From April to May 2014, a joint archaeological team composed of the
Silk Road Cultural Relics Conservation and Archeology Research Center of Northwest University in China and the
Institute of Archeology of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan conducted an archaeological survey of
the ancient nomadic remains on the southern edge of the Samarkand Basin. Two large-scale nomadic settlement sites in
Sazagan and Znak were confirmed and investigated, and a large number of tombs, residences, roads and other remains
of different periods, types and sizes were discovered. Combining previous archaeological research results, an attempt
was made to explore the age, cultural relic attributes, settlement form and hierarchy of the two sites.
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