THEMIDDLE

EAST

CENTRALASIA

SOUTHASIA

THE MIDDLE ASIAN INTERCULTURAL SPACE

NORTH

CENTER

SOUTH

WEST EAST

THE ARABIAN SEA INTERACTION SPHERE

1972-73

PROPOSED INTERACTION SPHERES AT 3000-2800 BC

PROPOSED INTERACTION SPHERES AT 2500-2200 BC

LOCAL INTERACTION SPHERE IN 2200-2000 BC

TRADE ROUTES AND MAIN COMMODITIES

Territory

TIME

Population

Resources

12

34 5 5.1 5.2.2

5.3.2

5.4.2

5.2.1

5.3.1

5.4.1

5.5.1

3.1

3.2.1

4.1

4.2.1

4.3.1

4.4.1

3.5.1

3.4.1

3.3.1

3.2.2

1.2.11.1.1

1.2.3

1.3.31.2.2

1.3.1 1.3.2

1.4.1

2.1.1

2.2.1

2.2.2

2.3.1

2.4.1

Breaking-Points and Bifurcations

Anticlockwise Numbered Basins, from N to S and from W to E

Branch Point

AN ATTEMPT TO RECONSTRUCT THE DELTA SYSTEMON THE BASIS OF: INTERNODE MEASUREMENT

... AND JAZIRAH ESTIMATION

To be meausured and to relate to the settlement distribution

JAZIRAH ESTIMATION

traditional jazireh

new adduction systemsmodern artificial canalsmodern dam

RUD-I GUSHK 1975 by Martha Prickett

JiroftSoghun Valley

ShahdadKerman

SURFACE sqkm

0

10000

20000

30000

40000

50000

60000

70000

80000

Sindh

Syr-darya North

Syr-darya South

Middle Zeravshan

Bukhara Oasis

Makhan-darya

Kashka-darya

Surkhan-darya

Akcha-darya

Amu-darya

Amul

Sarykamish

Iolotan North

Iolotan South

Tejen

Serakhs

Meana-C

haacha

Dushak

Archin'yan

Atrek

Sumbar

Halil-R

ud

Halil-R

ud+Jaz Murian

Bampur

Soghun-Delta

Daulatabad

Daulatabad+Soghun

Shahdad

Bardsir

Lalehzar

Bahramjed

Helm

and 1

Dry H

elmand delta

South Mesopotam

ia

Nile

SURFACE sqkm

Archaeological Area Area (sq km)Shahdad 724

Bampur 309

Jiroft 2390

Shahr-i Sokhta 2400

Lalehzar 624

Kerman 1855

Bardshir 1197

Tepe Yahya 64.9

Area (sq km)

0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000

Shahdad

Bampur

Jiroft

Shahr-i Sokhta

Lalezar

Kerman

Bardshir

Tepe Yahya

Area (sq km)

Territory

TIME

Population

Resources

SHAHDAD IN REMOTE SENSING

ShahdadModern Village

Archaeological Area

0 0,1 0,2 0,3 0,4

AREA A

AREA B

AREANECROPOLI*

Are

e A

rch

eolo

gic

he

Estensione in SQ KM

AREA NECROPOLI*

AREA B

AREA A EVIDENZE ARCHEOLOGICHE (SQ KM)

SUPERFICIE (in Sq M)

AREA A 0,1 101364

AREA B 0,16 167632

AREA NECROPOLI* 0,38 381865

Salvatori Map 1978

Regional Circuits

Connected

Intersected

1 = winding pathway2 = direct pathway

2

1

1 2 3

4 5 6

By C.C. Lamberg Karlovsky 2002

1

23

4

7

9

5

6

8

In early stages of the formative process pre-existing local circuits of exchange become connected by intentional passages or by exploiting existing intersections certain local circuits (e.g. 7 & 8)

Shortugai

Sarazm

Shahi Tump

SHAHI TUMP PERIOD

Legend Indus Graffiti

World Trade in 1992 Trade among OECD Countries in 1992Structure of trade in 1992 for the same OECD countries as above . The trade volume is deflatet to allow a direct comparison to the 1982 solution .

THE MIDDLE ASIAN INTERCULTURAL SPACE

NORTH

CENTER

SOUTH

WEST EAST

THE ARABIAN SEA INTERACTION SPHERE