Post by syzygy on Jan 8, 2020 22:45:19 GMT
No GEC- or Photos layer for this one. Hope, some new also around here!
via: cemml.colostate.edu
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Kmz placemark with links attached:
Sar-o-Tar.kmz (1.43 KB)
Placemark is also included in my general collection of archaeological sites here: My archaeology collection
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Variant Names (includes): Tar-o Sar, Sar-o Tar, Shahr-i Ghulghula
Nimruz Province. (Afghanistan) In the middle of the dunes, 86 kilometers southeast of Zaranj and 22 kilometers east of Qal'a-i Fath.
Dates:
Parthian, 2nd-1st century BC (numismatic evidence);
Indo-Parthian & Sassanian, 1st-7th century AD (numismatic evidence);
Saffarid, 9th century (architectural);
Ghaznavid, 11th-12th century (architectural);
Ghurid, 12th-13th century (numismatic);
Timurid, 15th-16th century (architectural).
A vast area of remains and ancient cultivation stretching for several km across the dunes. The main part are the remains of Shahr-i Ghulghula itself, a large fortified urban site covering approximately one square kilometer. It consists of a first, square enclosure and ditch, with remains of many houses and graves inside. There is then a second, circular enclosure and ditch with a third, innermost pentagonal enclosure and ditch marking a probable palatial complex. This stands on a mound 25 meters high, and includes the remains of a mosque and over 100 rooms, many of them domed and containing stucco decoration. Most of the fortifications are mud, though there is extensive baked-brick construction as well. Finds from the area include many Parthian, Sasanian and Early Islamic coins, and a hoard of 406 copper coins dated 1167-1221 from the mosque.
Source: Warwick Ball, Archaeological Gazetteer of Afghanistan, 1982, n. 1006
Nimruz Province. (Afghanistan) In the middle of the dunes, 86 kilometers southeast of Zaranj and 22 kilometers east of Qal'a-i Fath.
Dates:
Parthian, 2nd-1st century BC (numismatic evidence);
Indo-Parthian & Sassanian, 1st-7th century AD (numismatic evidence);
Saffarid, 9th century (architectural);
Ghaznavid, 11th-12th century (architectural);
Ghurid, 12th-13th century (numismatic);
Timurid, 15th-16th century (architectural).
A vast area of remains and ancient cultivation stretching for several km across the dunes. The main part are the remains of Shahr-i Ghulghula itself, a large fortified urban site covering approximately one square kilometer. It consists of a first, square enclosure and ditch, with remains of many houses and graves inside. There is then a second, circular enclosure and ditch with a third, innermost pentagonal enclosure and ditch marking a probable palatial complex. This stands on a mound 25 meters high, and includes the remains of a mosque and over 100 rooms, many of them domed and containing stucco decoration. Most of the fortifications are mud, though there is extensive baked-brick construction as well. Finds from the area include many Parthian, Sasanian and Early Islamic coins, and a hoard of 406 copper coins dated 1167-1221 from the mosque.
Source: Warwick Ball, Archaeological Gazetteer of Afghanistan, 1982, n. 1006
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Kmz placemark with links attached:
Sar-o-Tar.kmz (1.43 KB)
Placemark is also included in my general collection of archaeological sites here: My archaeology collection
***
Better resolution satellite imagery by ZoomEarth (expired link) - saved image: