Asp (Ghar i)

(ولسوالی کشنده - AF)
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Location

NOTE 1: "Ghar-i Asp" (Horse Cave) is a pseudo-autochthonous title disguising a made-up field name for the excavation site AK2 (short for Aq Kupruk number two). Locally, the cave is called Kara Kamar (DUPREE 1972a: 9 note 25). NOTE 2: DUPREE (1972) summarises the archaeological connotation. DUPREE & KOLB (1972) interprete and evaluate excavated ceramics, CALEY (1972b: 49) a metallic artifact, BRILL (1972) a glass sample, SOLEM (1972) mollusks, and PERKINS (1972: 73) faunal remains. Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 02/02/2016

The south-facing cave entrance (DUPREE & KOLB 1972: 33) of Ghar-i Asp (1), an archaeologically important limestone cave or rock shelter (2), is situated somewhere in the vicinity of Aq Kupruk. Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 02/02/2016

Documents

Bibliography 02/02/2016

Brill, Robert H 1972; Caley, Earle R 1972b; Dupree, Louis 1969, 1972a, 1972b; Dupree, Louis & Kolb, Charles C 1972; Perkins, Dexter, Jr. 1972; Sant, Urmila 1991; Solem, Alan 1972.

History

EXPLORATION HISTORY: 1965: Louis Dupree and others had a 24 m long by 2.5 m wide trench archaeologically excavated down to the cave floor, which had an average depth of about 6.3 m (DUPREE 1972a: 11; SANT 1991: 200-201). Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 02/02/2016

Comments

limestone

Herbert Daniel Gebauer (02/02/2016)

Caves nearby

Distance (km)	Name	Length (m)	Depth (m)
0.0	Skull Cave
0.8	MAR, 2nd (Ghar i)
1.0	Mar (Ghar i) [Snake Cave]
58.7	SHADIAN PITS
94.6	KHULM - MAZAR-e SHARIF road 1 (Cave on the)
97.0	HAIBAK - KHOLM CAVES
99.4	KHULM - MAZAR-e SHARIF road 2 (Cave of the)
99.9	KARA KAMAR, Sarqia-i- Afghania 1
100.2	SAYYAD (Caves at)