HAZAR GUSFAND (Ghar i)

(ولسوالی کلفگان - AF)
36.733300,69.983300
Grottocenter / carte

Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

Ghar-i Hazar Gusfand (Cave of the Thousand Sheep) is cave or rock shelter of dubious character (note 1) and minor archaeological importance (note 2). SITUATION: In an unidentified spatial relation near (sic!) –>Darra-i- Kur in western Badakhshan (Takhar province) and near (sic!) the village of Chenar-i Baba Darwesh, west of Kishim. The nearest village on the main road is Chenar-i Gunjuskan (note 3).Ghar-i Hazar Gusfand (Cave of the Thousand Sheep) is cave or rock shelter of dubious character (note 1) and minor archaeological importance (note 2). SITUATION: In an unidentified spatial relation near (sic!) –>Darra-i- Kur in western Badakhshan (Takhar province) and near (sic!) the village of Chenar-i Baba Darwesh, west of Kishim. The nearest village on the main road is Chenar-i Gunjuskan (note 3).

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History

EXPLORATION HISTORY: 1966 July: Charles Kolb and Mohammad Ibrahim Khan tested archeological contents (CALEY 1972b: 48; DUPREE 1972a: 8, 13). Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

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