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Merv to the Oxus: a desert survey of routes and surviving archaeology

Williams, T; Wordsworth, P; (2010) Merv to the Oxus: a desert survey of routes and surviving archaeology. Archaeology International , 12 27 - 30. 10.5334/ai.1207. Green open access

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Abstract

A site of Merv in Turkmenistan supported a series of major urban settlements from the 5th century BCE to the 13th century CE and is now a World Heritage Site. The Institute of Archaeology has been involved in international research at Merv since 1991, including both archaeological excavation and field survey. This paper describes the latest field survey, which is investigating Merv’s place in the famous Silk Roads that traversed Central Asia.

Type: Article
Title: Merv to the Oxus: a desert survey of routes and surviving archaeology
Location: UK
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.5334/ai.1207
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.5334/ai.1207
Language: English
Additional information: This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Copyright is retained by the author(s).
Keywords: Islamic archaeology, Archaeology, Central Asia, Silk Roads, Turkmenistan
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Institute of Archaeology
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Institute of Archaeology > Institute of Archaeology Gordon Square
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/464289
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