The Archaeology of Southwest Afghanistan

Describes the sites and excavations of the most extensive archaeological research ever undertaken in southwest Afghanistan Presents the first and only synthesis of the archaeological history of southwest Afghanistan over the past 5,000 yearsRepresents extensive fieldwork involving a large team of scholars from the USA and Afghanistan in disciplines as diverse as archaeology, geology, linguistics, anthropology and art historyFills in the gaps in our knowledge base of more intensively studied anci