1st Edition

Ceramics of the Merv Oasis Recycling the City

By Gabriele Puschnigg Copyright 2006
254 Pages
by Routledge

258 Pages
by Routledge

254 Pages
by Routledge

Our knowledge of many groups or periods has benefited from systematic ceramic analysis, however as yet the Sasanian Empire of ancient Persia (224-651 AD) has not be subjected to the same examination. Merv, an expansive ancient city located in an oasis in the Central Asian steppes, was for millennia a gateway for travelers and traders along the Silk Road between east and west. Puschnigg’s detailed... Read more

Ceramics of the Merv Oasis

Biography

Gabriele Puschnigg