STRIDE, S. (2004), La Géographie archéologique de la province du Surkhan Darya (Bactriane du Nord, Ouzbekistan du Sud). Unpublished dissertation at the Université panthéon-Sorbonne (Paris), 5 vols. ( https://sirisacademic.academia.edu/SebastianStride?swp=tc-au-44230952 )
Surroundings:
Location:
- Uzbekistan, Paxtakurash
- geo:38.170132,67.819664
- Location ± 0-5 m.
Period or year:
- 10~ / 7xx
Class:
- City
- visible
Identifiers:
- vici:place=78501
Annotations
Nearby
Gul' Ata Kabriston (Uz-SD-173) (1 km)
Also known as Azlar Tepe. Kushan and Medieval Islamic settlement (1,5 ha). Covered by a modern cemetery. Studied by MAFOuz. Possible larger former northern extension. Uncertain identification with site 173/B103 by Arshavskaja & Rtveladze.
Anonymous site (Uz-SD-570) ? (1 km)
Kushan site. Small rectangular mound (0,15 ha), indicated on 1951 topographical map, already destroyed by 1970 by modern cultivation. Uncertain localisation on Corona imagery. Surveyed by MAFOuz.
Qira Qira (Uz-SD-597 & 602) (2 km)
Late iron Age (VI-IV c. BC) and hellenistic ceramic scatter on a loess terrasse, badly damaged by cultivation. Surveyed and dated by MAFOuz.