AfghanistanPub Date : 2018-10-01DOI: 10.3366/AFG.2018.0016
Judith A. Lerner
{"title":"A prolegomenon to the study of pottery stamps from Mes Aynak","authors":"Judith A. Lerner","doi":"10.3366/AFG.2018.0016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3366/AFG.2018.0016","url":null,"abstract":"That Afghanistan has been a cultural crossroads is no better demonstrated than by its glyptic art. The designs and styles of the seals used to sign, authenticate and secure documents and packages reflect the artistic and religious traditions of the Hellenistic, Iranian, and Indian worlds. A particular category of seal design is, to my knowledge, known only from impressions on the exterior of clay vessels; they occur at a number of sites in Afghanistan. Their designs differ in style and imagery from the glyptic art of the regions and cultures that produced seals used for authentication purposes and thus suggest that they were carved specifically to mark or decorate ceramics. Recently, a number of potsherds with such seal impressions have been salvaged at the major Buddhist site of Mes Aynak, 40 km southeast of Kabul. Some share motifs with stamped pottery from other sites in Afghanistan, but others are unique. This article is a preliminary exploration of the subject matter and style(s) of the Mes Aynak pottery stamps.","PeriodicalId":40186,"journal":{"name":"Afghanistan","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2018-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3366/AFG.2018.0016","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46350303","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AfghanistanPub Date : 2017-12-31DOI: 10.12987/9780300154580-004
{"title":"CHAPTER THREE. ‘BOOTS ON THE GROUND’: From the arrival of the CIA to the emergency Loya Jirga, 26 September 2001–June 2002","authors":"","doi":"10.12987/9780300154580-004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12987/9780300154580-004","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":40186,"journal":{"name":"Afghanistan","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2017-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41621956","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AfghanistanPub Date : 2017-12-31DOI: 10.12987/9780300154580-003
{"title":"CHAPTER TWO. 9/11 AND THE RESPONSE, 11–25 SEPTEMBER 2001","authors":"","doi":"10.12987/9780300154580-003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12987/9780300154580-003","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":40186,"journal":{"name":"Afghanistan","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2017-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42307013","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AfghanistanPub Date : 2017-12-31DOI: 10.12987/9780300154580-002
{"title":"CHAPTER ONE. THE GREAT ENIGMA: Afghanistan in historical context","authors":"","doi":"10.12987/9780300154580-002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12987/9780300154580-002","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":40186,"journal":{"name":"Afghanistan","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2017-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47296663","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AfghanistanPub Date : 2017-12-31DOI: 10.12987/9780300154580-006
{"title":"CHAPTER FIVE. RETURN TO THE ‘FORGOTTEN WAR’, 2006–08","authors":"","doi":"10.12987/9780300154580-006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12987/9780300154580-006","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":40186,"journal":{"name":"Afghanistan","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2017-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44182499","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AfghanistanPub Date : 2017-12-31DOI: 10.12987/9780300154580-005
Tim Bird, A. Marshall
{"title":"CHAPTER FOUR. ‘TAKING THE EYE OFF THE BALL?’ THE ROOTS OF TALIBAN REVIVAL IN AFGHANISTAN, 2002–05","authors":"Tim Bird, A. Marshall","doi":"10.12987/9780300154580-005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12987/9780300154580-005","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":40186,"journal":{"name":"Afghanistan","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2017-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43276842","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}