The Main Stages And Features Of The Study Of The History Of The Jizzakh Oasis In The 14th–16th Centuries
Keywords:
Jizzakh oasis, Ustrushana, late Middle Ages, 14th–16th centuriesAbstract
This article examines the main stages and characteristic features of the study of the history of the Jizzakh oasis — the north-western province of ancient and medieval Ustrushana — in the 14th–16th centuries. On the basis of published works and archaeological reports, the author traces the development of research from the first surveys of the 1950s–1970s associated with Ya. Gulomov and A. Muhammadjonov, through the systematic investigations of the Northern Ustrushana (Jizzakh) archaeological detachment of the Institute of Archaeology of the Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan in 1979–1991, to the studies of the period of independence, including the excavations at the O‘rda site (1997) and in the ark of Qaliyatepa (2013). It is shown that, while the ancient and early medieval history of the oasis has been studied comparatively well, the late medieval period — the era of Amir Temur and the Temurids and of the Central Asian khanates — has received little attention and is represented mainly by fragmentary data in general works and popular science publications. The article summarises the archaeological evidence of the 14th–16th centuries obtained at Qaliyatepa and O‘rda, including dwelling structures, ceramics and stratigraphic data, and outlines the prospects for further research into the late medieval history of the oasis.
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