Akmal Mukhammadiev

Akmal Mukhammadiev hold a PhD with a specialization in Stone Age archaeology. Currently, he serves as the Head of the "Landscape Archaeology" Department at the National Archaeological Center, Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan. His research is primarily focused on the Paleolithic period, with particular emphasis on the raw material strategies, settlement patterns, and human-environment interactions during the Stone Age. He has an extensive experience in both fieldwork and scholarly research, contributing to the understanding of prehistoric archaeology in Central Asia.

The project

Title: Raw Material Strategy in the Middle Paleolithic of the Tashkent Oasis: An Archaeological Analysis of Stone Tool Production Technology and Source Procurement.

Selected bibliography

• Emma M. Finestone, Paul S. Breeze, Sebastian F. M. Breitenbach, Nick Drake, Laura Bergmann, Farhod Maksudov, Akmal Muhammadiyev, Pete Scott, Yanjun Cai, Arina M. Khatsenovich, Evgeny P. Rybin, Gernot Nehrke, Nicole Boivin, Michael Petraglia. (2022). Paleolithic occupation of arid Central Asia in the Middle Pleistocene, in: Plos One, pp. 1-31. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0273984.

• Rustam Suleimanov, Akmal Muhammadiev, Holiyor Oinazarov. (2022). Khatak-the Middle Paleolithic Campsite in the south of Uzbekistan, in: Bulletin of the International Institute for Central Asian Studies, Samarkand, № 34., pp. 16-22.