New data from the Dabilkurgan hillfort in Northern Bactria (based on 2014-2015 excavations)

The paper examines results of the settlement known as Dabilkurgan locatedin Southern Uzbekistan that constituted a part of Bactria in prehistory. Preliminary studiescarried out at the end of the 20th - early 21st centuries have demonstrated that the site hasa complicated stratigraphy and a long history (5th century BC - 19th century AD). Duringthe 2014-2015 excavations the authors of the paper prepared a detailed stratigraphy,identified layers of the 2nd - 9th centuries AD, and provided reliable dates within narrowchronological ranges. More importantly, collected artifacts can expand our knowledge ondevelopment of the material culture in Bactria in the Late Kushan period and the MiddleAges.