La prima urbanizzazione in Turkmenistan: coesistenza tra nomadi e sedentari

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dc.identifier	ECF_chapter_1451
dc.contributor.author	Arciero Roberto
dc.contributor.author	Forni Luca
dc.title	La prima urbanizzazione in Turkmenistan: coesistenza tra nomadi e sedentari nel delta interno del fiume Murghab. Risultati preliminari delle indagini archeologiche ed etnografiche presso il sito di Togolok 1
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dc.description.abstract	Modern Turkmenistan is mainly constituted by a desert landscape, yet despite its harsh climate, cultures have been able to construct networks of water channels since the Bronze Age. This has resulted in a man-made landscape that integrates towns and villages. Extensive surveys and recent archaeological excavations have highlighted that between 2400 and 2100 BC (Namazga V period), the region of the Murghab alluvial fan was characterised by the development of complex urban societies. However, starting from the Late Bronze Age, a new group of mobile pastoralists appeared in the Murghab region and settled along the edges of the sedentary sites. Although their presence is well-attested both by survey and excavation data, their degree of interaction with the sedentary farmers is still debated. In modern Turkmenistan, semi-mobile shepherds continue to drive their cattle across the Murghab, using mobile camps for different months. This paper presents the preliminary results of the excavation of the sedentary site of Togolok 1, as well as the first ethnographic study of the mobile communities of the Murghab region.
dc.relation.ispartof	Eurasian Studies
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing
dc.issued	2018-02-19
dc.dateAccepted	2017-07-27
dc.dateSubmitted	2017-03-22
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/libri/978-88-6969-219-2/la-prima-urbanizzazione-in-turkmenistan-coesistenz/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/978-88-6969-211-6/002
dc.identifier.issn	2610-8879
dc.identifier.eissn	2610-9433
dc.identifier.isbn	978-88-6969-219-2
dc.identifier.eisbn	978-88-6969-211-6
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
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dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Archaeology
dc.subject	Archaeology
dc.subject	Central Asia
dc.subject	Central Asia
dc.subject	Ethnoarchaeology
dc.subject	Ethnoarchaeology
dc.subject	Murghab
dc.subject	Murghab
dc.subject	Nomadism
dc.subject	Nomadism
dc.subject	Pastoralism
dc.subject	Pastoralism
dc.subject	Turkmenistan
dc.subject	Turkmenistan

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La prima urbanizzazione in Turkmenistan: coesistenza tra nomadi e sedentari nel delta interno del fiume Murghab

Risultati preliminari delle indagini archeologiche ed etnografiche presso il sito di Togolok 1

Roberto Arciero Università di Bologna

Luca Forni Università di Bologna

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Modern Turkmenistan is mainly constituted by a desert landscape, yet despite its harsh climate, cultures have been able to construct networks of water channels since the Bronze Age. This has resulted in a man-made landscape that integrates towns and villages. Extensive surveys and recent archaeological excavations have highlighted that between 2400 and 2100 BC (Namazga V period), the region of the Murghab alluvial fan was characterised by the development of complex urban societies. However, starting from the Late Bronze Age, a new group of mobile pastoralists appeared in the Murghab region and settled along the edges of the sedentary sites. Although their presence is well-attested both by survey and excavation data, their degree of interaction with the sedentary farmers is still debated. In modern Turkmenistan, semi-mobile shepherds continue to drive their cattle across the Murghab, using mobile camps for different months. This paper presents the preliminary results of the excavation of the sedentary site of Togolok 1, as well as the first ethnographic study of the mobile communities of the Murghab region.

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Feb. 19, 2018

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July 27, 2017

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March 22, 2017

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Keywords: Turkmenistan • Archaeology • Ethnoarchaeology • Murghab • Pastoralism • Central Asia • Nomadism

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