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Aq Kupruk is a village in Balkh Province in northern Afghanistan.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=NGA GeoNames Database )〕 == Archaeological sites == Aq Kupruk is also an archaeological site consists of four sites, numbered I, II, III and IV. * Aq Kupruk I, or Ghar-i Asb, is a rock shelter of the Kushan-Sasanian period, containing some fregmentary Buddhist frescos and some simple architecture. * Aq Kupruk II, or Ghār-i Mār, is another rock shelter, probably the most productive of the three sites, producing material rom all periods except the Kushan-Sasanian. About 10% of the occupation area was excavated. * Aq Kupruk III, is an open air site on the river terrace consisting of two periods, both in the Epi-Palaeolithic. * Aq Kupruk IV, was excavated briefly by McBurney nearer to the village, producing a "Middle Mousterian" type of industry differing to that found by Dupree. Finds included an extensive and sophisticated stone tool industry, very early stone sculpture, domisticated sheep and goat remains, fragments of beaten copper from the ceramic Neolithic, many projectile points, terracotta and simple jewellery. Collections: # AMNH - excavated material. # BIAS - flint and stone. # Kabul Museum - excavated material, stone head. Field-work: # 1959 Dupree, American Universities Field Staff - survey. # 1960 Hayashi & Sahara, Kyoto University - survey. # 1962 & 65 Dupree, AMNH - excavations. # 1971 McBurney, Cambridge University - sondage. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Aq Kupruk」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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