Authors: Khakimov A., Akilova K, Alieva S; Publisher: Sharq; Language: English; Number of pages: 223; Era: 19-20th centuries; Country: Uzbekistan; Key words: Uzbek folk artisanship, ethnography, traditional crafts, history of development, current state, 19-20th centuries;

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The publication reflects the history of development and the current state of affairs in Uzbek folk artisanship. On the basis of great ethnographic and archive material, the authors give an account of such traditional crafts, as pottery, brass embossing, jewellery, woodcarving, wooden utensils production, alabaster carving, mural painting, papier-mache painting and others. Great attention has been paid to the production of national music instruments, carpets, decoration materials, leather goods and knives. The book contains a detailed analysis of decorative embroidery with gilded laces, one of the most striking examples of Uzbek folk art. The book is written in English and is well illustrated with color and b/w photos of today as well as of the 19-20th centuries. This publication is the first volume in a series devoted to folk arts and crafts of Central Asian people.

Authors: Buryakov Yu.F. Baipakov K.M.; Publisher: Sharq; Language: English; Number of pages: 128; Era: Ancient-Medieval; Country: Uzbekistan; Key words: the Great Silk Road, routes, towns, urban culture, historical, archaeological and topographic data, passes and crossroads, caravanserais;

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The book is focused on the cities and urban culture on  the routes of the Great Silk Road (GSR). A particular attention is paid to the GSR routes within the Central Asian region. Relying on historical, archaeological and topographic data, the authors have attempted to localize ancient and medieval cities and to verify new data with medieval written sources. Among other issues the publication is focused upon, are: location of mountain        passes and crossroads, architectural features and inner topography of caravanserais. The book will be of interest to all those interested in the history of GSR and culture of Central Asian people.

Authors: Akhunbabaev Kh.G.; Publisher: Saraton-Khamar; Language: Russian; Number of pages: 111; Era: the 7-8th centuries; Country: Uzbekistan; Key words: Afrasiab, Samarkand, early Middle Ages, archaeological research, stratigraphy of cultural layers, socio-topographic structure of architectural remains, numismatics, religious cult;

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The publication is devoted to the results of a long archaeological research on the Afrasiab site (ancient Samarkand) conducted in the 1980s. Excavations enabled the author to identify the stratigraphy of cultural layers in the central part of the site, to clarify historical data, as well as socio-topographic structure of  architectural remains of the early Middle Ages. The author identified the time of creation of unique mural paintings, and analyzed new numismatic material and the material on ideology and religious cults of early medieval Samarkand.

Authors: Arif Usman; Publisher: Saraton-Khamar; Language: Russian; Number of pages: 0; Era: the Middle Ages; Country: Uzbekistan; Key words: Sufism, Middle Ages, Sheikh, Hamadani, Nakshbandi, Yassavi, Kubra;

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The book describes the greatest Muslim spiritual movement, Sufism, born in the Middle Ages, which representatives, Sufi, lived in isolated places far from the agitated world. Sufism was based on the concept of spiritual understanding of Allah, the idea of limitless love of God. This movement, tassavuf, has various branches and schools, which are described in detail. The book touches upon the teachings of such great Sufi as Sheikh Yusuf Hamadani, Bahouddin Nakhshband, Hoja Ahmed Yassavi, Hakim Ata, Zangi Ata Himmati, Sheikh Najmeddin Kubra, Yunus Emre and others.

Authors: Baypakov K., Kukashev; Publisher: Publishing house of Medical literature, Tashkent; Language: English; Number of pages: 159; Era: the 19-20th centuries; Country: Uzbekistan; Key words: Kazakh folk artisanship, ethnography, traditional crafts, history of development, current state, 19-20th centuries;

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The book reflects the history of development of Kazakh artisanship. In the first part, great attention is paid to the genesis and the ancient history of crafts and folk art on the territory of Kazakhstan. Analyzing archaeological material the authors try to identify the sources of unique art, that combines traits typical to sedentary and nomadic cultures. Unique finds of pottery, bronze, silver and gold jewellery are carefully examined and interpreted from the viewpoint of development of the steppe and oasis cultures of Kazakhstan. The second part of the book covers such Kazakh crafts as processing of and the production of goods made of leather, wood, ivory, stone, metal in the 19th – 20th centuries. The third part of  the book is devoted to the current state of affairs in Kazakh artisanship. Rich ethnographic material has enabled the authors  to identify centres and schools of folk art and crafts. The language of the publication is accessible to non-specialists and the book is well illustrated with color and b/w photos as well as maps as well as of  the 19-20th centuries. This publication is the first volume in a series devoted to folk arts and crafts of Central Asian people.

Authors: Khashimov M.; Publisher: *; Language: Russian; Number of pages: 0; Era: the Middle Ages; Country: Uzbekistan; Key words: religious and spiritual monuments, Central Asia, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Samarkand;

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The book summarizes material available in written sources regarding religious and spiritual Monuments of Central Asia. Most fully covered are the monuments of Uzbekistan and Southern Kazakhstan, in particular those of Samarkand. The book presents two maps: “Religious and         spiritual monuments of Central Asia” and  “Religious and spiritual monuments of Samarkand”. The book also uses author’s own field materials, gathered on the territory of Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan and Tajikistan.

Authors: Tashbayeva K., Ranov V.; Publisher: Bishkek; Language: English; Number of pages: 219; Era: Antiquity; Country: Uzbekistan; Key words: petroglyphs, ancient spiritual and material culture, Central Asia, style and technique of drawings ;

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This publication discusses such interesting area of archaeology as rock art (petroglyphs). Rock art is one of the most widespread, interesting and at the same time enigmatic monuments of ancient culture. They are almost omnipresent. Apart from their aesthetic value, they contain rich data on spiritual and material culture, religious concepts and cults, relationship between people and their world. At the same time rock drawings are the only source of research of the roots and development of ancient visual art. This is the first book published in Central Asia that contains the main data on the most important collections of rock drawing in the whole region. It discusses the time of their creation, and interprets a lot of interesting themes and subjects. The book is well-illustrated. All this enables researches and those who are interested in rock art to examine various drawings and to track differences and common features of the rock drawings of mountainous Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan as well as of Kazakh and Uzbek steppes. One can compare the style and the technique of these drawings, scattered around the diverse landscape of Central Asia.

Authors: Japarov A., Sulaimanov E., Vedutova; Publisher: *; Language: English; Number of pages: 175; Era: the 19-20th centuries; Country: Uzbekistan; Key words: Kyrgyz folk artisanship, ethnography, traditional crafts, history of development, current state, 19-20th centuries;

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The publication consists of two parts. The first part is focused on the pieces of ancient and medieval art left by the population that occupied the territory of  Kyrgyzstan during the Bronze age and later – by early nomads the Saks and the Usuns, later – by the ancient and later Turks. These are splendid samples of ancient jewellery, made of bronze, gold, ivory, often with intrusions of jewels and precious stones in different welding and other metal processing techniques. There are also arms,        pottery, cult items, different utensils manufactured with great skill and craftsmanship, rising in most cases to the level of art. The second part of the publication focuses on Kyrgyz folk art and crafts, including the unique architectural form of yurt, which was easy to assemble and to use and which was often lavishly decorated. There are also beautiful parts of horse’s reins, bridles, and remarkable pieces of jewellery. 

Authors: *; Publisher: *; Language: English-Russian; Number of pages: 326; Era: the Stone Age; Country: Uzbekistan; Key words: nomadic and sedentary civilisations, Stone Age, Middle Ages, Central Asia, traditions, connections, ethno-cultural, economic, political, legal relations;

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This collection is devoted to problems of interaction between nomadic and sedentary civilizations from the Stone Age period to the present. These articles to base on reports of participants of International conference “Civilizations of Central Asia: sedentary and nomadic peoples. “Traditions and the present”, which was held within the framework of the programme of the IICAS in Samarkand  (Uzbekistan) 25-28 Sept. 2002. The first section of the collection is devoted to study of some archaeological sites of Central Asia and also to problems of a history and traditional connection between sedentary and nomadic peoples from ancient period to invasion of the Arabs and arising Arabian Khalifat. The second section covers the period of the Middle Ages. The third section is devoted to problems ethno-cultural, economic, political, legal and other relations in the past and present.

Authors: BuryakovYu., Gritsina A.; Publisher: *; Language: Russian; Number of pages: 207; Era: Ancient-Medieval; Country: Uzbekistan; Key words: Great Silk Road, Maverannahr, Ustrushana, Uzbekistan, Central Asia, ancient, medieval, main routes;

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This book has information about the history of Great Silk Road and development of the main routes in Maverannahr in the ancient and medieval epoch. The main attention is paid to the territory of Ustrushana, which situated now within Uzbekistan, which was in the “shadow” of its distinguished neighbors – Sogd, Chach, and Fergana. This book intended for specialists-archeologists, historians, teachers,  guides, and for all who interested with ancient and medieval history of Central Asia.