The results of the preliminary research of new monuments detected in Khanabad

In the foothills of Khanabad, burial grounds and settlements of the Early Iron and Antique periods have been recorded. A comparative analysis of materials from them allows us to explain the inclusion of elements of ornamentation of the Chust and Sho'raboshot cultures in the Eilatan hand-painted ceramics.In 2020, field research was conducted to determine the presence of archeological monuments on the slopes¹ of Khanabad in Andijan region. Khanabad is a location on the border of Kyrgyzstan where the Karadarya, a tributary of the Syrdarya, flows. It is known that in the middle of the last century the primary irrigation facilities of antiquity - Shahrihansay and Andijansay - were taken out of this river. This shows that the Khanabad foothills were heavily inhabited in ancient times and served as a crossroads between nomadic and sedentary Fergana cultures. All of the above necessitated a community-based initial archaeological study of the area.