The Archaeology of Central Asia during the 1st Millennium BC from the Beginning of the Iron Age to the Hellenistic Period: an Introduction
Résumé
This introductive chapter to the volume « The Archaeology of Central Asia during the 1st Millennium BC » outlines the circumstances of the organisation of this workshop during the 10ICAANE. It comes back on the main issues of the long period covered, which includes both the Iron Age and the Hellenistic period, on a vast territory covering Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan (Karakalpakstan), Afghanistan and Pakistan. He goes into detail about the sometimes obscure chronology of the period and outlines the main features of each chrono-cultural stage.