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GIS and Silk Road Studies monitoring Landscape and Population change at Samarkand and in the Middle Zeravshan Valley
No full textGIS applicato all'archeologi
Canals versus horses: political power in the oasis of Samarkand
No full textAt the heart of Central Asia, the Middle Zeravshan Valley and the city of Samarkand are
crisscrossed by a complex system of canals derived from the Zeravshan river (Fig. 1). In agreement
with the traditional theories proposed by soviet scholars and defended, in another context, by
Wittfogel, it is usually assumed that a strong, long-term association exists between the management
of this irrigation system and some form of centralized political power system.
By adopting an integrated approach, we will examine an alternative history of the emergence and
growth of Samarkand and the link between water management and socio-political power. In the first
part we will focus on the archaeological evidence pertaining to the construction of the Dargom, the
primary canal of Samarkand and suggest that it is not necessarily the result of a short-term (or fixed)
master plan or linked to a strong central political power. In the second part we will consider the nonirrigated
grasslands surrounding the oasis and show that the socio-political structures of the oasis
cannot be understood without a more systemic approach.
The paper is based on the results of an ongoing project to survey the Middle Zeravshan Valley
systematically initiated by the Institute of Archaeology of the Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan in
collaboration with various international teams (see acknowledgements)
Analytical Approach for Representing the Water Landscape Evolution in Samarkand Oasis (Uzbekistan)
No full textIn the oasis of Samarkand the water supply depends on a complex system of artificial channels of different sizes that enclose the region in several mesopotamias, each one with its ecological and environmental characteristics. This paper describes the methodological framework applied to study the origin, chronology and use of this hydraulic network by combining the data obtained by Soviet, Uzbek and International Teams with topographical maps, satellite images and aerial photos of different periods
Pouvoir et grands travaux dans la plaine de Samarkand de l'Age du Fer au haut Moyen-Age (nouvelles données pour la comparaison avec le site d'Aktepe-Chilanzar de Tahskent)
No full textThe article deals with the study of the ancient irrigation systems of the two major cities of Uzbekistan: Samarkand and Tashkent
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Arkheologicheskie raskopki na gorodishe Kafir-kala (Archaeological excavation at the citadel of Kafir Kala)
No full textThe article describes the results of the excavations occurred at the citadel of Kafir Kala (Samarkand, Uzbekistan) in the 2005 season. The main attention concerns the discovery of more than hundred clay sealings dated to the end of the Sogdian period (late 7th century AD) and the Arab conquest of Samarkand, when Kafir Kala temporarily abandoned and a fire destroyed the citadel
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