Adaptive Dynamics of Settlement Models in the Urban Landscape of Termez (Uzbekistan) from c. 300 BCE to c. 1400 CE

The archaeological site of Ancient Termez is located in southern Uzbekistan. Despite the arid environment, city benefited from its strategic position near two rivers, Amu Darya and Surkhan Darya. Its significance was mainly related to expansion trade routes connecting Eurasia. comprises several enclosures that attest long-term human-environment interactions. In order identify adaptive dynamics settlement models during an extended chronology covering period c. 300 BCE 1220 CE (Greco-Bactrian/Yuezhi, Kushan, Kushano-Sasanian, Islamic periods), a multidisciplinary study has been carried out, which includes: (1) excavations areas urban complex; (2) pedestrian surveying inside some periphery; (3) aerial survey based on high-resolution satellite imagery; (4) AMS dating charcoal bone samples; (5) archaeobotanical investigation through anthracological analysis; (6) zooarchaeological studies. results point variations development inhabited spaces, abandonment occupation took place. data demonstrate exploitation natural resources different environments (i.e., irrigated land) certain evolution considered.