The fourth season of excavations at Gurukly Depe, Southern Turkmenistan (2013)

Abstract

The fourth season of the Polish-Turkmen excavations at Gurukly Depe lasted from September 15 to october 18, and was a continuation of the archaeological exploration that started herein 2010. Theexcavations were financed by Research Grant No. 2012/07/B/hS3/00908 from the National Science Centre and conducted by the Polish team in cooperation with the Archaeological Park Köne Serakhs headed by Director Anamurat Amanberdiev. The participants were: Barbara Kaim, Nazar Buławka, Dominika Kossowska, Maja Rzeplińska (University of Warsaw), Piotr Piekarz (State Archaeological Museum in Warsaw) – archaeologists, and a group of students: Paweł Borycki, Nina Czapska, Weronika Kozyra, Klaudia Stoch, Kamila Supeł (Institute of Archaeology, University of Warsaw)and Michał Górny (Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań). We were accompanied by our inspector Atamurat odayev, the representative of the Archaeological Park Köne Serakhs.