% pubman genre = article @article{item_3256986, title = {{Preliminary reports on the excavations at Burgut Kurgan and Bobolangar in 2017}}, author = {Kysela, Jan and Augustinov{\'a}, Anna and Kinaston, Rebecca}, language = {eng}, issn = {1212-5865}, url = {https://dspace.cuni.cz/handle/20.500.11956/104480}, year = {2018}, date = {2018-06}, abstract = {{The current report presents the results of the 2017 excavations of two prehistoric sites in, or in the vicinity of,{\textless}br{\textgreater}the Zarabag Oasis, South Uzbekistan. In the Yaz I settlement of Burgut Kurgan, the 2017 excavation season{\textless}br{\textgreater}focused on a small portion of the stone wall and was not able to confirm the presence of a gate hypothesised{\textless}br{\textgreater}during the 2016 excavations. A trial excavation consisting of three trenches (BBL01{\textendash}BBL03) was conducted{\textless}br{\textgreater}at the site of Bobolangar, which was discovered during a previous field survey in 2016. The pottery sherds{\textless}br{\textgreater}collected on the surface of Bobolanghar were from the Late Bronze Age and the date of the site was confirmed{\textless}br{\textgreater}by the presence of Late Bronze Age pottery in secure stratigraphic contexts. Moreover, two burials were{\textless}br{\textgreater}found in trench BBL03. Based on the characteristics of the burial traditions, it is likely that both individuals{\textless}br{\textgreater}were interred during the Middle Ages and the graves were cut into the Late Bronze Age layers of the site.{\textless}br{\textgreater}The human skeletons were exceptionally well{-}preserved{\textless}br{\textgreater}and preliminary details of the bioarchaeological{\textless}br{\textgreater}analyses are presented here.}}, journal = {{Studia Hercynia}}, volume = {22}, number = {1}, pages = {158--182}, }