The Archaeology of Central Asia during the 1st Millennium BC from the Beginning of the Iron Age to the Hellenistic Period: an Introduction

Johanna Lhuillier (1)

1 Archéorient - ARCHEORIENT - Environnements et sociétés de l'Orient ancien

This introductive chapter to the volume « The Archaeology of Central Asia during the 1st Millennium BC » outlines the circumstances of the organisation of this workshop during the 10ICAANE. It comes back on the main issues of the long period covered, which includes both the Iron Age and the Hellenistic period, on a vast territory covering Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan (Karakalpakstan), Afghanistan and Pakistan. He goes into detail about the sometimes obscure chronology of the period and outlines the main features of each chrono-cultural stage.

Domaines: Archéologie et Préhistoire

Johanna Lhuillier. The Archaeology of Central Asia during the 1st Millennium BC from the Beginning of the Iron Age to the Hellenistic Period: an Introduction. The archaeology of Central Asia during the first millennium BC, from the beginning of the Iron Age to the Hellenistic period. Proceedings from the Workshop held at 10th ICAANE, Oriental and European Archaeology 18, Vienne, Austrian Academy of Sciences press., 2021. ⟨hal-03512368⟩