The Fifth Season of Excavations at Gurukly Depe, Southern Turkmenistan (2014)

Abstrakt

The fifth season of excavations at Gurukly Depe, a Partho-Sasanian site near Serakhs, took place from 14 September to 18 october 2014 and was a continuation of excavations started here in 2010. 1 As in previous years, our archaeological works werefinanced by Research Grant No. 2012/07/b/hS3/00908 from the National Science Centre and conducted by the Polish-Turkmen team directed by the author. The participants were: Maja Rzeplińska (University of Warsaw), field assistant and supervisor of Trenches 11 F and 12 F; Nazarij buławka (University of Warsaw), supervisor of Trenches 13 I and 14 I; Piotr Piekarz (State Archaeological Museum in Warsaw), supervisor of Trenches 5 R and 5 S; inspector Atamurat odayev, 1 b. KAIM, The First Season of excavations at gurukly depe, Southern Turkmenistan, 2010, “Światowit” vIII (XLIX)/A (2009–2010), 2011, 207–208, pls. 213–215; eadem, The Second Season of excavations at gurukly depe, Southern Turkmenistan, 2011, “Światowit” IX (L)/A (2011), 2012, 233–237; eadem, The Third Season of excavations at gurukly depe, Southern Turkmenistan, 2012, “Światowit” X (LI)/A (2012), 2013, 203–207; eadem, The Fourth Season of excavations at gurukly depe, Southern Turkmenistan (2013), “Światowit” XI (LII)/A (2013), 2014, 241–246. therepresentative of the Archaeological Park Köne Serakhs, who gave logistical support for the expedition. We were assisted by a group of students from the Institute of Archaeology, University of Warsaw: Paweł borycki, supervisor of Trench 11 L, Agata Kostrzewa, Agata Michalewicz, Daniel Prusaczyk, Weronika Sobiech, Joanna Szymczak, and Daria Trzos. During the fifth season, our archaeological works were focused on two areas of the site: one located on its highest, south-western part where remnants of a manor house are unearthed and the other, on the eastern part of the site, in the middle of the east side of a defensive wall.