The form and abandonment of the city of kuik-mardan, otrar oasis, Kazakhstan in the early islamic period

Giles Adam Dawkes; Willem Toonen; Mark Macklin; Gaygysyz Jorayev

doi:10.1558/jia.37961

The form and abandonment of the city of kuik-mardan, otrar oasis, Kazakhstan in the early islamic period

Giles Adam Dawkes
, Willem Toonen
, Mark Macklin
, Gaygysyz Jorayev

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A joint Kazakh-British archaeological initiative undertook a survey and excavation of the city of Kuik-Mardan, one of the largest of the seventy or so known settlements in the Otrar oasis on the Syr-Darya river, Kazakhstan. Several complimentary field techniques were employed including unmanned aerial vehicle photomapping and an extensive programme of radiometric dating. The radiocarbon dates obtained are the first for any city in the oasis and allow more confident interpretations of the experience of the city to be ventured. Also undertaken was a geoarchaeological investigation of the surrounding irrigation and water supply canal system. Key results include its wholesale destruction during the 6th to 7th century and the form of the later occupation of the city.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	137-152
Number of pages	16
Journal	Journal of Islamic Archaeology
Volume	6
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1558/jia.37961
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2019
Externally published	Yes

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The authors would like to thank the help and advice of Karl Baipakov, Dimitry Voyakin and all the students and staff of UCL Institute of Archaeology and AE Archeology. In addition, the comments made by the anonymous reader were especially helpful in correcting and improving the text. Both Mark Macklin's and Willem Toonen's investigations in Otrar Oasis were funded by a Newton-al Farabi Institutional Links grant to Aberystwyth University to developing water resources management in southern Kazakhstan to mitigate the societal impacts of rapid climate change. The Form and Abandonment of the City of Kuik-Mardan, Otrar Oasis, Kazakhstan

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Central Asia
Islamization
Urban archaeology

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