ABSTRACT
Uzbekistan; Tajikistan; Afghanistan; 4th-6th A.D.; pottery; motifs; dating
On sunburst-pattem burnished pottery found mostly in the shape of shallow open vessels at sites in Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and northern Afghanistan. Dates this pottery to the late Kusāna and Kusāno-Sasanian periods (4th to 6th century A.D.) on the basis of stratigraphy and coin finds. Argues for a local origin in the middle Amudar’ya basin, [er]
A n c ie n t A r t H i s t o r y (up t o 1900), 4 .0 .7
