Russian-Tajik expedition conducts excavations in the foothills of the Pamirs

A team of Russian and Tajik archaeologists has begun a geoarchaeological expedition to the most interesting territory from the point of view of science - the foothills of the Pamirs. This was reported by the TV channel "Russia K". The data obtained can change the ideas about the ancient history of Central Asia.

Scientists from Moscow State University and the Russian Academy of Sciences are conducting research near the Khovaling village in the Khatlon region of Tajikistan.

Tajik scientists are busy with other important work - they are studying the history of the climate of this place.

The main object of archaeological excavations, where specialists from Novosibirsk work, is located at an altitude of 2 thousand meters above sea level.

As Rejep Kurbanov, a leading researcher at the Faculty of Geography of Moscow State University, noted, excavations at loess Paleolithic sites in these places have been ongoing for the sixth year in a row.

“There are numerous stone tools that could not have appeared as a result of geological processes. The task is to obtain new collections to clarify the features of the stone industry and carry out a whole range of natural scientific analyzes,” he said.

Source: avesta.tj