Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP170101770

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP170101770

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Shifting the foundations of Zoroastrian history: A fresh focus on Khorezm. This project aims to explore the importance for Zoroastrianism of images of Avestan gods in Uzbekistan. Zoroastrianism is an ancient religion, but little is known of its early development. Recent finds of massive six-metre-high murals of Avestan gods decorating the royal ceremonial centre of Akchakhan-kala in Khorezm provide evidence of early formal Zoroastrian practices, in a region not considered a centre of early religious development. The project will study this data and its implications for later religious beliefs, drawing particularly on evidence for burial practices in the early Islamic period and indigenous tribal practices. The project aims to enhance understanding of one of the world’s significant religions.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2017

End Date: 31-05-2020

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $437,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Archaeology of Asia, Africa and the Americas | Archaeology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Understanding Asia's Past |

Other Keywords

Archaeology | Archaeology of Asia, Africa and the Americas | Understanding Asia's Past

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