Abstract
This publication presents the activities and the results of the Czech-Uzbekistani archaeological expedition in southern Uzbekistan, particularly on the site of Jandavlattepa. This collaboration originated in 2001 as a joint project of the 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.