The Archaeology of Afghanistan: From Earliest Times to the Timurid Period: New Edition

ISBN-13: 9780748699179 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 752 str.

F. R. Allchin; Norman Hammond; Warwick Ball

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First published in 1978, this was the first book in English to provide a complete survey of the immensely rich archaeological remains of Afghanistan. It has now been thoroughly revised and brought up to date to incorporate the latest discoveries and research.

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Notes on Contributors; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Foreword, Mohammad Fahim Rahimi, Kabul Museum; Preface, Norman Hammond; Introduction to the first edition, Norman Hammond and Raymond Allchin; Introduction to the new edition, Warwick Ball; 1. The Geographical Background, Sophia R. Bowlby and Kevin H. White; 2. The Palaeolithic, Richard S. Davies; 3. The development of the Oxus Civilisation north of the Hindu Kush, Henri-Paul Francfort, Bertille Lyonnet, Cameron Petrie and Jim G. Shaffer; 4. The development of a ‘Helmand Civilisation’ south of the Hindu Kush, Jim G. Shaffer and Cameron Petrie; 5. The Iron Age, Achaemenid and Hellenistic periods, Warwick Ball, Simon Glenn, Bertille Lyonnet, David W. Mac Dowall and Maurizio Taddei; 6. From the Kushans to the Shahis, Warwick Ball, Olivier Bordeaux, David W. Mac Dowall, Nicholas Sims-Williams and Maurizio Taddei; 7. From the Rise of Islam to the Mongol Invasion, Warwick Ball and Klaus Fischer; 8. From the Mongols to the Mughals, Warwick Ball and Klaus Fischer; 9. Conclusion, Raymond Allchin and Norman Hammond; Bibliography.