THE LOWER SYR DARYA AND ITS ROLE IN TRANSCONTINENTAL TRADE ROUTES AND CULTURAL INTERACTIONS (SECOND HALF OF THE 1st MILLENNIUM BCE)
НИЗОВЬЯ СЫРДАРЬИ В СИСТЕМЕ ТРАНСКОНТИНЕНТАЛЬНЫХ ТОРГОВЫХ ПУТЕЙ И КУЛЬТУРНЫХ СВЯЗЕЙ (ВТОРАЯ ПОЛОВИНА I ТЫС. ДО Н.Э.)
Bolelov S. Utubayev Z.
2025Cimmeria Publishing
Materialy po Arkheologii i Istorii Antichnogo i Srednevekovogo Prichernomorya
2025#2025Issue 2085 - 102 pp.
This paper discusses in detail the archaeological evidence reflecting the cultural and trade interactions between the Lower Syr Darya region and other historical-cultural centers of the Middle East and Central Asia during the 1st millennium BCE, mainly in the second half of it. The research was based on materials obtained as a result of excavations by the Khorezm expedition of the USSR Academy of Sciences and the Shirikrabat archaeological expedition of the Margulan Institute of Archaeology. The analysis identifies major directions of trade and cultural exchange linking the ancient Syr Darya delta with Khorezm, Bactria, Iran, Northern India, Badakhshan, the Eastern Black Sea region, and the Southern Urals. It is concluded that imported goods and materials reached the Lower Syr Darya—where early statehood was taking shape — through the eastern overland section of the Great Indian (so-called “Strabo’s Way”) route.
beads , burial equipment , burial grounds , cultural interaction , handicrafts , historical and cultural area , imported items , jewelry , settlements , trade routes , urban cite
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