At-Tschapar
| Location | Northern Afghanistan |
|---|---|
| Diameter | Approximately 100 meters |
| History | |
| Founded | Middle of the first millennium BCE |
| Site notes | |
| Excavation dates | Pottery found from the Achaemenid period |
At-Tschapar is an archaeological site in the north of Afghanistan.[1]
The At-Tschapar tower was built in the middle of the first millennium BCE. It has a diameter of about 100 meters. The interior of the structure is completely undeveloped. One of the outer walls of the tower has an inside corridor and on the outside of it there are a series of semicircular towers that are accessible from the corridor through the doors.[2][3] Along the exterior facades there are loopholes. From the corridor there are passages that go into a large, undeveloped inside courtyard. During the excavation pottery was found from the Achaemenid period. The function of the tower is unclear. It may have been a fortress or a sanctuary, or the construction may never have been completed.[4]
Literature
[edit]- Viktor Sarianidi: The Art of Old Afghanistan, Leipzig 1986, pp. 75–78 ISBN 3-527-17561-X
References
[edit]- ^ "Wādī-ye Āq Chapar valley, Faryab, Afghanistan". af.geoview.info. Retrieved 2021-07-22.
- ^ Ball, Warwick (2019-05-02). Archaeological Gazetteer of Afghanistan: Revised Edition. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-927758-2.
- ^ "Dashly & Zoroastrianism". www.heritageinstitute.com. Retrieved 2021-07-22.
- ^ "At-Tschapar – evolution-mensch.de". www.evolution-mensch.de (in German). Retrieved 2021-07-22.
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