AFTER ALEXANDER – CENTRAL ASIA BEFORE ISLAM
Themes in the History & Archaeology of Western Central Asia
Conference |
Programme
 
Day 1: 23 June 2004
09.00 - Coffee and Registration
09.45 - Welcome and Introduction (Georgina Herrmann)
 
Session 1: Steppe and City
10.00 - John Boardman: Central Asia: West and East
10.45 - Claude Rapin: Nomads and the Shaping of Central Asia
11.30 - Coffee
12.00 - Paul Bernard: The Land of a Thousand Cities
12.45 - Discussion
13.00 - Lunch
 
Session 2: Money and Exchange
14.00 - Asia Joe Cribb: Money as a Marker of Cultural Continuity and Change in Central
14.45 - Merv Natasha Smirnova: Some Questions Regarding the Numismatics of Pre-Islamic
15.15 - Michael Alram: Ardashir's Eastern Campaign in the Light of the Numismatic Evidence
15.45 - Discussion
16.00 - Tea
16.30 - Tokharistan E. Rtveladze: Monetary Circulation in Ancient
17.00 - Helen Wang: Money in Eastern Central Asia before AD800
17.45 - Discussion
18.30 - Reception at the British Museum in the Money Gallery

 

Day 2: 24 June 2004
 
Session 3: Invasion and Defence
09.00 - Gobekli G Koshelenko: Military Architecture in Chorasmia after Marakanda 329/8BC Svend Helms 09.30 The Fortifications of Parthian and Sasanian
10.00 - Vladimir Zavyalov: Fortifications at Merv (Gyaur-Kala) after Alexander
10.30 - Discussion
10.45 - Coffee
11.15 - Oliver Lecomte: Gorgan and Dehistan: the North-East Frontier of the Iranian Empires
11.45 - Kasim Abdullaev: Nomad Migration in Central Asia
12.15 - Osmund Bopearachchi: Nomad Arms and Armour
12.45 - Discussion
13.00 - Lunch
 
Session 4: Urban Development and Life
14.00 - Guy Lecuyot: The Digital Reconstruction of Ai-Khanum
14.30 - Antonio Invernizzi: The Culture of Nisa between Steppe and Empire
15.00 G. Semyenov: The Planning of the Sogdian Cities
15.30 - Pierre Leriche: Termez on the Oxus
16.00 - Discussion
16.15 - Tea
16.45 - Charlotte Baretin: Title to be confirmed
17.15 - Vasily Gaibov: The Bullae of Gobekli
17.45 - Maurizio Tosi, Barbara Cerasetti, Simone Mantellini and Bernardo Rondelli: The Archaeological Map of Middle Zeravshan Valley
18.15 - Discussion
18.30 - Reception at the British Academy

 

Day 3: 25 June 2004
 
Session 5: The Movement of Ideas
09.00 - Katsume Tanabe: Animal-legged Thrones in Central Asia
09.30 - Vesta Curtis: Religious Symbols and Coins
10.00 - Alison Betts: The Fire Temple at Tash-k’irman-tepe, Chorasmia
10.45 - Discussion
11.00 - Coffee
11.30 - Mehdi Rahbar: The Discovery of a Tower of Silence of the Sasanian period at Bandiyan
12.00 - Tigran Mkrtychev: Buddhism and Buddhist Art of Bactria-Tokharistan: Excavation at Kara-tepe
12.30 - Discussion
12.45 - Frantz Grenet: Concluding Remarks
13.15 - Lunch
14.30 - Conference Ends

      

  

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