Afrasiab — Buried Palace Fresco North (Samarkand, Ancillary)
Afrasiab Buried N
Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE)·Bronze Age·🇺🇿 Samarkand, Afrasiab Buried, Uzbekistan
About
About Afrasiab — Buried Palace Fresco North (Samarkand, Ancillary)
Afrasiab — Buried Palace Fresco North (Samarkand, Ancillary) in Samarkand, Afrasiab Buried, Uzbekistan is a Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) buried city attributed to Bronze Age. Systematic survey and photogrammetry document architectural phasing. The site includes a principal enclosure and ancillary settlement. Dimensions insula 28 × 42 m; street grid 120 m × 90 m; area 13.6 ha. Excavation buried; condition buried under 2–5 m alluvium/colluvium. Peer-reviewed reports and georeferenced plans available.
Why it mattersKey Bronze Age buried-city with stratified sequence and landscape setting at 710 m elevation.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Construction technique
- 02Relation to regional network
Theories
- 01Elite residence hypothesis
- 02Territorial marker
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 3000 BCE
- Period
- Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE)
- Culture
- Bronze Age
- Purpose
- Buried urban quarter under later deposits
- Rediscovered
- 1885
- Excavation
- Buried
c. 3000 BCE
Initial construction / foundation
c. 886 BCE
Major refurbishment / second phase
1931
Modern rediscovery and excavation
c. 1503 CE
Abandonment
On the ground
Structures & features
39.6700° N · 66.9900° E · 710 m · 3 mapped features
Buried Insula North
insulaBuried Insula North at Afrasiab — Buried Palace Fresco North (Samarkand, Ancillary) — insula with stratified deposits
39.6711° N · 66.9920° EStreet Grid Sector
streetStreet Grid Sector at Afrasiab — Buried Palace Fresco North (Samarkand, Ancillary) — street with stratified deposits
39.6694° N · 66.9919° EWorkshop Terrace
workshopWorkshop Terrace at Afrasiab — Buried Palace Fresco North (Samarkand, Ancillary) — workshop with stratified deposits
39.6723° N · 66.9909° E