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Il Colle di Barikot
No full textAs from 1998 investigation at Barikot was extended to the hill, with its crescent moon shape protectively rising above the area of the ancient city, constituting natural defence on the north side. The earliest material dates back to the 2nd millennium B.C., although the earliest conserved structures belong to the 1st-2nd century A.D. Evidence suggesting that the two natural terraces on the hilltop constituted the Acropolis of the Indo-Greek city can be seen in the traces of a sturdy masonry structure that was plundered for material to build the subsequent structures, and that probably corresponds with a stretch of the city wall. The most spectacular utilisation was achieved around the 7th century AD when the eastern terrace was extended with a tall and solid substruction wall for the construction of a monumental sacred complex that dominated the valley
Sanctuaries and “dynastic cults” in the Indo-Iranian world: Arsacid, Indo-Parthian and Kushan evidence
No full textThe presence of monumental sites characterised by images of sovereigns is attested from Anatolia to the Indo-Pakistan subcontinent and has often been associated with possible ʻdynastic cultsʼ. Re-examination of some of the main ʻdynastic sanctuariesʼ associated with the Arsacid, Indo-Parthian and Kushan dynasties yields evidence for a possible interpretation of these places and the ideology they represent. The data in our possession suggest the existence of at least two architectural types that differed according to their function and spatial-chronological distribution, and at the same time a substantial ideological continuity of the royal ideology associated with these ruling Iranian dynasties
I manufatti metallici del sito di Barikot (Swat, Pakistan). Studi tecnico-diagnostici e tassonomici. BIR-‐KOT-‐GHWANDAI INTERIM REPORTS III
No full textQuesto volume presenta gli studi riguardanti i manufatti metallici in lega di rame rinvenuti nel sito urbano di Barikot (Bīr-koṭ-ghwaṇḍai, valle dello Swat, Pakistan settentrionale) attraverso lo studio tassonomico dei materiali e gli studi tecnico-diagnostici realizzati grazie alla collaborazione dell’Istituto Centrale del Restauro (oggi ISCR, Istituto Superiore per la Conservazione ed il Restauro) e del Laboratorio Diagnostico del Dipartimento di Storie e Metodi per la Conservazione dei Beni Culturali, Alma Mater Studiorum-Università di Bologna, sede di Ravenna
Barikot, Swat (1984-1992). Taxonomic Study of the Copper Alloy Objects
No full textThe excavation of the urban site of Barikot (Swat, Pakistan), with its forty years of systematic archaeological activity and stratigraphic sequence from the Chalcolithic to the 20th century AD, provides a very fruitful harvest of stratigraphic data that currently has few comparisons in the subcontinent.
The cross-analysis of the artefacts and the stratigraphic data, although needing constant updating, provides crucial information on the material culture in the area and on its diachronic evolution. This article
presents the taxonomic study of copper alloy objects found in Trenches BKG 1, 3 and 4-5 of the Barikot site cross-compared with the most updated chronological sequence proposed for the site and based on the recent archaeological excavations
Ricostruzioni tridimensionali delle tombe della necropoli meridionale di Tharros (Oristano)
No full textRicostruzioni tridimensionali delle tombe della necropoli meridionale di Tharros (Oristano
The Excavation of the Archaeological Site of Barikot (Bīr-kot-ghwandai) and its Chronological Sequence
No full textThe site of Barikot, after a preliminary investigation, was the subject of study by the Italian Archaeological Mission from 1978, when Giorgio Stacul began to investigate the flat area located South of the hill that gives a name to the site. The works of Stacul also brought to light important architectural remains of a large settlement of the historical period that was the subject of a successful series of excavations started in 1984. The archaeological data and the study of the historical sources have provided valuable confirmation of the identification, already proposed by A. Stein and G. Tucci, of this site with the city of Bazira remembered by Classical historians as conquered by Alexander in 327 BCE.
The studies made so far have confirmed the great archaeological and historical importance of this urban site, located in a strategic position from which one can dominate the roads leading to the upper and lower valley of Swat and to Buner, and have highlighted the astonishing occupational continuity and the impressive stratigraphic sequence that make Barikot a crucial site for the understanding of the evolutional processes of the region. Despite some interruptions due to the international situation, the excavations have continued until today; ten trenches were opened on the alluvial plain at the foot of the hill or on the two artificial terraces overlooking the hill and were preceded by a complete survey of the site and of all the emerging structures
Note su alcuni astragali di periodo achemenide – post-achemenide rinvenuti a Persepolis West
No full textThis paper discusses some astragals brought to light at Persepolis West by the Iranian-Italian Joint Archaeological Mission in Fars. The preliminary study of these findings and their archaeological contexts suggests a dating between the Achaemenian and the Arsacid periods. The possible relationship between the astragals and the deposits of bones (Tr. 6) used as fuel for a nearby kiln (Tr. 4) also appears significant
Beni Culturali e Identità Nazionale Nell’Iran della Repubblica Islamica’
No full textL'articolo analizza il rapporto esistente tra l'identità nazionale iraniana e il patrimonio culturale del paese e l'uso politico che spesso viene fatto di quest'ultimo
The Apsidal temple of Taxila. Traditional hypotheses and new possible interpretations
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