Normakhammad Kholmatov is a professor at the Department of Archeology at Samarkand State University, Doctor of Historical Sciences. About 10 articles by the scientist were published, included in the international databases Scopus, Web of Science and in prestigious world scientific journals, and about 60 in scientific journals of the republic. He is the author of 6 monographs, 1 textbook, 2 teaching aids and about 20 teaching aids.

      The main scientific direction is focused on “Study of the material culture of Mesolithic and Neolithic communities of Central Asia, in particular Uzbekistan.” Normakhammad Kholmatov graduated from the Institute of Archeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences and is a participant in a number of foreign archaeological expeditions. Every year, excavations of monuments of the Sazogon Neolithic culture are carried out in the Urta Zarafshan oasis. H-index 3. Supervised a core doctoral student and three independent researchers.

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