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...[T]he Gazetteer is an extremely useful reference tool. It will be most easily navigable to those already familiar with the material, but ultimately, the Gazetteer will be the key reference work on the archaeology of Afghanistan. * J. Eva Meharry, University of Cambridge, Antiquity * This Gazetteer is both a research tool and the most complete works of reference for the archaeology and the monuments of Afghanistan, from the Palaeolithic to the Timurid period. * Pierre Centliveres, Les Nouvelles d'Afghanistan * I strongly recommend that all major university libraries purchase either the hard copy or the digital E version of this gazetteer, as it will be an invaluable resource for students of at their institutions. This gazetteer covers sites from all periods of history and many different topics are linked to these sites, from Palaeolithic archaeology to Islamic art and architecture. It is equally important for scholars and universities in Asia as in the rest of the world where archaeologists and historians study the subjects of global interaction, culture change and the ebb and flow of civilizations. * Jonathan Mark Kenoyer *

I strongly recommend that all major university libraries purchase either the hard copy or the digital E version of this gazetteer, as it will be an invaluable resource for students of at their institutions. This gazetteer covers sites from all periods of history and many different topics are linked to these sites, from Palaeolithic archaeology to Islamic art and architecture. It is equally important for scholars and universities in Asia as in the rest of the world where archaeologists and historians study the subjects of global interaction, culture change and the ebb and flow of civilizations. * Jonathan Mark Kenoyer *

Especially when taken together, these two volumes excellently complement each other and should not be missing from any library dedicated to this topic and/or space. They do not serve only archaeologists as an indispensable and up-to-date basis, but are also useful, for example, to ethnographers, urban planners or for tourism management. * Ancient Civilizations from Scythia to Siberia (ACSS) * ...[T]he Gazetteer is an extremely useful reference tool. It will be most easily navigable to those already familiar with the material, but ultimately, the Gazetteer will be the key reference work on the archaeology of Afghanistan. * J. Eva Meharry, University of Cambridge, Antiquity * This Gazetteer is both a research tool and the most complete works of reference for the archaeology and the monuments of Afghanistan, from the Palaeolithic to the Timurid period. * Pierre Centliveres, Les Nouvelles d'Afghanistan * I strongly recommend that all major university libraries purchase either the hard copy or the digital E version of this gazetteer, as it will be an invaluable resource for students of at their institutions. This gazetteer covers sites from all periods of history and many different topics are linked to these sites, from Palaeolithic archaeology to Islamic art and architecture. It is equally important for scholars and universities in Asia as in the rest of the world where archaeologists and historians study the subjects of global interaction, culture change and the ebb and flow of civilizations. * Jonathan Mark Kenoyer *

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Warwick Ball is a Near Eastern Archaeologist who has carried out excavations, architectural studies, and monumental restoration in Afghanistan (where he was Acting Director of the British Institute of Afghan Studies), Iran, Iraq (as Director of Excavations with the British School of Archaeology in Iraq), Jordan, Libya, and Ethiopia. He has authored several books and articles on the history and archaeology of the Near East, including Rome in the East: The Transformation of an Empire, which was winner of the James Henry Breasted History Prize and Choice Outstanding Academic Book in 2000. He is currently Editor in Chief of Afghanistan, the journal of the American Institute of Afghanistan Studies. Born in Australia, he now lives in the Scottish Borders.

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