The Tundzha Regional Archaeology Project: Surface Survey, Palaeoecology, and Associated Studies in Central and Southeast Bulgaria, 2009-2015 Final Report, 2018
Trial excavations at the Roman site of Stroyno-Yurta conducted by the Yambol History Museum durin... more Trial excavations at the Roman site of Stroyno-Yurta conducted by the Yambol History Museum during 2006 and 2007 identified it as a veteran settlement dating between the first and fourth centuries AD. In 2009, the Tundzha Regional Archaeology Project (TRAP) surveyed the accessible parts of the site, revealing extensive and ongoing looting.
Consequently, in 2014–2015 the Stroyno Archaeology Project (SAP), a cooperative effort involving the Yambol History Museum and the Institute of Classical Archaeology at Charles University in Prague, excavated to establish the site’s chronology and character before it was damaged further. This investigation revealed the foundations of a five-room structure, probably a house with a shop or workshop, occupied from ca. AD 225–300, which was part of a long-lived settlement founded in the mid-second century and abandoned sometime after the house was levelled.
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Archaeological Institute of Uzbekistan in Samarqand and the Institute for Classical Archaeology, Charles University in Prague. The pilot season took place the next year, 2002. From then untill 2006, a four to six-week-long excavation campaign was
organised every year under the direction of Kazim Abdullaev and Ladislav Stančo and a large amount of archaeological material and data were collected. The first volume of excavation reports has issued in 2011 (Jandvalttepa I), while two others are
in preparation. As a second stage in the mutual collaboration, the Czech-Uzbek team started with archaeological mapping of the Sherabad District – both irrigated plains and piedmont steppes – of South Uzbekistan in 2008. This time, the researchers from
the Charles University in Prague collaborated with a team from the Termez state University in Termez headed by prof. Sh. Shaydullaev. This project lasted till 2011 and resulted in a compilation of a detailed archaeological map of the region, publication of which is currently being prepared. As a part of the survey, a team of Czech students under the lead of P. Tušlová conducted a compelling project of an intensive surface survey in the Sherabad plain. This volume is intended not only to outline the scientific aims and results of the above mentioned projects, but also to illustrate the local conditions and difficulties
of everyday life and archaeological work in the Central Asia.
Papers by Petra Tušlová
Stable carbon (δ¹³C) and nitrogen (δ¹⁵N) isotope values of the buried individuals revealed similarities within sub-phases of the Early Bronze Age and Middle/Late Bronze Age, as well as dietary differences between individuals from the two periods. In addition, a clay vessel from Middle/Late Bronze Age grave number 10 complemented the isotopic results, indicating the presence of animal lipids, most likely dairy fats.
were dug into the mound during the Early Bronze Age. After a long break of over a millennium, the mound was used again for burials during the Late Bronze Age, when a double grave of a man and a woman was dug into its centre and covered by a layer of soil. Another three burials were also deposited there around the same time. The last use of the mound for burial purposes is connected to a cremation in the centre of the mound in a very shallow pit, likely during the Late Iron Age.
Consequently, in 2014–2015 the Stroyno Archaeology Project (SAP), a cooperative effort involving the Yambol History Museum and the Institute of Classical Archaeology at Charles University in Prague, excavated to establish the site’s chronology and character before it was damaged further. This investigation revealed the foundations of a five-room structure, probably a house with a shop or workshop, occupied from ca. AD 225–300, which was part of a long-lived settlement founded in the mid-second century and abandoned sometime after the house was levelled.