The Bronze Age Graveyard of Adji Kui (Margiana, Turkmenistan). Catalogue of the Graves

Book dedicated to the description of 817 tombs dating back to the end of the 3rd millennium BC and excavated from 2001 to 2011 in Adji Kui, in Margiana, southern Turkmenistan. The book presents data on the funerary structures and anthropological information on the buried individuals. The objects of the funerary objects that accompanied the deceased are also described. Ample space is dedicated to the description of ceramic, stone, and terracotta vases, precious metal jewellery, bronze seals, pearls and necklace beads in semi-precious stones, dark green chlorite spindle whorls, as well as lead ingots and cosmetic instruments. Consisting of over 900 pages, the volume is accompanied by over 800 drawings, approximately 1300 photographs, and about twenty geographical maps and charts