Department of archeology of Samarkand State University
Head of the Department of Archeology of Samarkand State University
Ergashev Odil Tursunovich
+99897 9218579 odil.arxeolog@mail.ru
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Historical Sciences. Since 2006 he has been working as a senior lecturer and associate professor at the Department of Archaeology at Samarkand State University. Since 2022 he has been working as the Head of the Department of Archaeology at Samarkand State University.
In 2017 Odil Ergashev successfully defended his PhD thesis on the topic "Stone-working workshops of the Kokayoz Basin (technical-typological study)". He is the author of 1 monograph, 1 scientific treatise, 2 textbooks and 3 manuals. Odil Ergashev is the author of more than 40 scientific articles and has published more than 5 articles in Scopus, Web of Science and other prestigious international journals.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352226722000034
Staff of the Department of Archeology
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Kholmatov Normuhammad Urozovich Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor. He has been working at the Department of Archaeology at SamSU since 1983. In 1991 he successfully defended his PhD thesis on "Middle and Lower Zarafshan Neolithic" and in 2018 successfully defended his doctoral thesis on "Sazogon culture and its role in the Neolithic period of Uzbekistan". During his career, Normukhammad Kholmatov published 5 monographs, 1 textbook, 9 teaching aids. The scientist has also published articles in 3 databases Scopus and Web of Science. |
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Avanesova Nona Armaisovna Professor at the Department of Archaeology, Samarkand State University. She has been working at the Department of Archaeology at Samarkand State University since 1967. Nona Avanesova has headed the Surkhandarya detachment of the university archaeological expedition for almost 25 years. She devoted all her scientific activity to the study of the Bronze Age of Central Asia and Uzbekistan. Nona Avanesova is a member of the editorial board of 1 international and national journals. During her career she has published 1 textbook, 5 textbooks, 4 monographs, 6 brochures and more than 100 scientific articles. Most of them were published in leading foreign scientific journals.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2022.103622
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Berdikulov Mirolim Tugalvoevich
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Historical Sciences. He has been working at the Department of Archaeology at SamSU since 2014. In 2022 he defended his PhD thesis on "Neolithic dwelling Toda-1 (technical-typological study)". Mirolim Berdikulov is the author of more than 20 scientific articles. |
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Umarov Ulugbek Abdujabborovich
Assistant of the Department of Archaeology at SamSU. Has been working at the department since 2011. Conducts scientific research on "The role of Stone Age ornaments in the spiritual and ideological life of communities in Central Asia". During his career Ulugbek Umarov published scientific articles in 1 foreign and 15 republican journals. |
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Karimov Rufat Uktamovich
Department Assistant. Works at the Department of Archaeology at SamSU since 2020. He conducts scientific research on "New research of Stone Age monuments of the southwestern regions of the Zeravshan oasis". During his career, Rufat Karimov published scientific articles in 5 foreign and 8 national journals. |
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Bahronov Abdullo Khaidarovich
Department Assistant. Works at the Department of Archaeology at SamSU since 2019. He conducts scientific research on "Peculiarities of stone working techniques in the monuments of the Stone Age in the Zeravshan Oasis". Abdullo Bakhronov has published scientific articles and abstracts in 4 foreign and 7 national journals during his career. |
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About the Department of Archeology
Department of Archaeology of Samarkand State University was established in December, 1971 by the Decree № 448 of the Ministry of Higher and Secondary Special Education of the Republic of Uzbekistan on the basis of the problem laboratory, which studies the city of Afrosiab from a historical and archaeological point of view. At the present time 18 professors and teachers work at the department. Since 1944 the department is one of the scientific centers carrying out archeological and ethnographic research on the territory of our republic. The chair carries out field surveys, excavations of monuments, collection and research of ethnographic and ancient written sources. The department conducts scientific research on "Historical roots and cultural connections of primitive and ancient communities on the territory of Uzbekistan" under the main theme of "Early civilizations on the territory of Uzbekistan: material and spiritual culture. For some years the department has established contacts with leading scientific centers of foreign and neighboring countries. Established scientific cooperation with such research institutions as the Eurasian Division of the Institute of Archaeology of Germany, Lublin University of Poland, Ankara University of Turkey, universities in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kiev, Central Asian republics, National Center for Archaeology and Institute of History, held conferences, exchange of views and scientific consultations. |
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Professors and lecturers have prepared more than 300 monographs, textbooks and teaching aids, educational and electronic textbooks. The Department has an archaeological museum and laboratory. This museum was founded in 1963 by D.N. Lev on the basis of the Department of Archaeology of the Faculty of History. The fund of the museum contains more than 60,000 valuable finds of historical, scientific and artistic value from the middle Paleolithic period (90-70 thousand years B.C.) up to the 13th century A.D. At present the department carries out scientific research work on "Early civilizations on the territory of Uzbekistan: material and spiritual culture". Renowned scientists who graduated from the department: Professor M. Jurakulov (1932-2020), head of the Department of Archaeology and one of the founders of the Samarkand archaeological school. Holder of the honorary title "Honored Mentor of the Youth of the Republic of Uzbekistan. Professor D. N. Lev (1905-1969) was the founder of the archeological expedition of Samarkand State University. Professor N.A. Avanesova - an outstanding teacher of national education of the Republic of Uzbekistan. |
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Educational disciplines taught at the department Bachelor's degree • Historical chronology and metrology |
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• Fundamentals of protection and restoration of monuments • GAT technologies in archeology • Archeology of Uzbekistan and international scientific cooperation • Toponymy • Emergence of the manufacturing economy • Introduction to the science of archeology • Archeology of the Stone and Bronze Ages of Central Asia • Archeology of the ancient and medieval period of Central Asia • History of urbanization of cities in antiquity and the Middle Ages • Social significance and role of innovation in the history of early human society. • History of Central Asian crafts • Urban history of Uzbekistan based on archaeological sources • Use of ethnographic data in teaching history • Cultural anthropology • History of ornament and fine arts of Central Asia |
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Master's degree • Ethnogenesis and ethnic history of the Uzbek people • Modern methods of archaeological research and GIS • Historical topography of the cities of Central Asia • Methods of field ethnographic research • Toponymy (ethnotoponymy and ethnonymy) • Cultural anthropology • Traditional material culture of Uzbeks • Central Asian mining and metallurgical production and rock petroglyphs • Economic and cultural relations of the ancient communities of Central Asia • Historical topography of the cities of Central Asia • Achievements of archeology of Uzbekistan in the system of world culture |
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