Trial Trenches at Kojtepa, Samarkand Area (Sodgiana). Seventh Interim Report 2015

The article is dealing with the joint Uzbek-Italian archaeological activity, in Samarkand region, aimed at detecting and investigating possible Achaemenid and post-Achaemenid archaeological horizons in the area in the 7th season (from 12th September to 12th October 2015). The project acted with the following new field operations all aiming at working and investigating: • the area of Trench no 9 between the main tepe and the north-eastern corner of the encircling wall on the top part and possibly along the northern half in order to check any internal consistency and layout, and a new East Extension; • new Trenches: no 19, contiguous to North to Trench no 12 and to South-East of Trench no 13; no 20, to north of Trench no 19; no 21, to East of Trench no 20; no 22, to West of Trench 19; nos 23 and no 24 on the possible North-Western corner of the tepe; • as much as dating material culture possible, in order to obtain a more detailed typological and possibly chronological stratigraphic differentiation; • a 3D reconstruction of different areas of excavation