Experience of French specialists: archeology and preservation of adobe monuments
The Embassy of Turkmenistan in France organized an online lecture by French specialists for teachers and students of the Turkmen State Institute of Culture.
So, the associate researcher of the international laboratory CRAterre, Mrs. Shamsia Sadozai spoke to the future Turkmen specialists of archeology and conservation. Her lecture was devoted to the mud-brick archaeological monuments – the architectural heritage of Turkmenistan.
During the presentation, the participants demonstrated photographic materials on the features of the archaeological heritage of Turkmenistan from different epochs, working moments of adobe construction, examples of world structures made of this material that have survived from the Neolithic era to our times. After all, as you know, clay was the main means for the construction of various buildings in ancient times, as the earth was one of the most inexpensive and affordable building materials.
“The territory of Turkmenistan is one of the first centers of human civilization. In the 4th millennium BC, the oldest Neolithic Jeytun culture was formed in the foothills of Kopetdag, – said Mrs. Sadozai. – And by the early Bronze Age, the Altyn-Depe civilization began to form in Southern Turkmenistan.”
The French expert noted that the Turkmen people are proud of the Ancient Merv – a major scientific and cultural center in the East, where many scientists and writers studied and worked. In 1999, the monuments of Ancient Merv were included in the UNESCO World Heritage List.
In the online lecture, Mrs. Sadozai shared with the students her own rich experience in conducting excavations, procedures for the conservation and restoration of adobe archaeological sites, the production of raw bricks and their use in restoration work, and also spoke about ways to increase the tourist attractiveness of historical monuments and territories.
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