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SVETLANA LUNINA, AN UZBEK WOMAN WHO CONTRIBUTED TO
THE FIELD OF ARCHEOLOGY
Rano Ergasheva
Student of Namangan state university
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13894546
Annotation:
This article talks about the life and work of Svetlana Lunina,
an Uzbek woman who contributed to the field of archaeology.
Keywords:
Tirnama is ceramic, Altintepa, Marv, brass, mirror, terracotta.
Annotatsiya:
Ushbu maqolada arxeologiya sohasiga o’z xissasini qo’shgan
o’zbek ayoli Svetlana Luninaning hayoti va ijodi haqida so’z boradi.
Kalit so’zlar:
Tirnama sopol, Oltintepa, Marv, jez, ko’zgu, terrakota.
Аннотация:
В данной статье рассказывается о жизни и творчестве
Светланы Луниной, узбекчи, внесшей вклад в область археологии.
Ключевые слова:
Я царапаю керамику, Алтынтепа, Марв, латунь,
зеркало, терракота.
Archeology is a science that studies the past of human society based on the
monuments of ancient material culture. The 19th century was a period of great
archaeological discoveries, and it began to take shape as a science. In 1895, the
Archeology amateur club was established. Among the archeological scientists
such as Yakhyo Gulomov, Akhmadali Askarov, Abdulkhamid Anorboev, women
scientists such as Zamira Usmonova, Svetlana Lunina, Tamara Pushkina have
participated in search and excavation work for several years and have become
famous experts in their field.
The German historian E. Ceren is quoted as saying: “There is rarely a more
depressing profession than that of the field archaeologist, who works in the
desert, among wild rocks, completely far from any civilization, in harsh climates
that deprive a person of courage... the most knowledgeable of all are
archaeologists. They will continue to work as if their working conditions were
taken for granted. For them, there is no profession in the whole world that is
more interesting than the one they have chosen. They live in danger, with a
secret that has yet to be revealed. If not today, it will be revealed tomorrow or
later, and the press will recognize their names”. One of them is our hero.
Svetlana Borisovna Lunina, Uzbek archaeologist, professor of Tashkent
State University, who conducted research on painting techniques and ceramic
materials of Central Asian monuments, was born on October 7, 1932 in
Tashkent. After finishing school, he was recommended to study at the Faculty of
History of the State University of Central Asia. In 1955, he studied at the Faculty
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of History and Archaeology. From 1955 to 1958, Svetlana studied at the Faculty
of Archeology under the supervision of Mikhail Masson and Galina
Pugachenkova. From 1968 to 1981, he worked as the head of the archeology
department. In 1968, after collecting materials during the South Turkmenistan
Archaeological Complex (YuTAKE) expedition, he defended his dissertation on
pottery in the city of Marv [1. P – 108]. In 1981-1984, he worked as an associate
professor of the history department. He teaches various aspects of Central Asian
archeology from historical, archaeological and visual perspectives. In
cooperation with the Department of Geology, he organizes art history and theory
courses in the city of Samarkand. In addition, he established a laboratory of
stratigraphy of Quaternary sediments and ancient deposits of Uzbekistan in the
city of Samarkand. In 1990, he was awarded the title of professor. More than 150
scientific works have been published in journals in Uzbekistan, as well as in St.
Petersburg, Moscow, Ashgabat, Austria and France.
In the early sixties, Svetlana Lunina organizes expeditions in excavations
in Marv and around Tashkent (Nogaykurgan, Kogaytepa, Mingtepa cemeteries).
In 1964, he participated in the Kashkadarya expedition, and in 1968-1981 he
was its leader. The Oltintepa city ruins consisted of two parts: the central part,
which played the role of a fortress, and the outer part. A lot of glazed ceramic
vessels decorated with various patterns and inscriptions, coins, terracotta
fragments, brass, mirrors, ashtrays, figurines and others were found here. In
front of the pottery kilns, 31 coins minted by Arslan Khan and Ibrahim from the
Karakhanids were also found in 1179-1180. The discovery of these coins made it
possible to get acquainted with the period of the 12th-13th centuries. A city
cemetery dating back to the 10th-11th centuries was also found and studied in
the Altintepa area. No items or jewelry were placed in front of the corpse [2. P –
34]. In 1966, together with N. I. Krasheninkova, he conducted small research in
the Kashkadarya detachment. According to researches, it was determined that
the city consists of three parts: the arch, the city, and the suburbs. Many hills of
different sizes have been found in the territory of Shakhristan, and the remains
of old buildings are hidden under them. The small rectangular area of the city,
located at an average height of 4.3 m above the rest of the city area, aroused
great interest. In 1967, Z. I. Usmonova visited the exploration works in Altintep.
The group gathers, collects materials, and cleans the remains of mosque
buildings, which are carved and decorated with objects [3. P – 31].
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS OF THE SCIENTIST:
1.
1955: Sealed decorative bowl from Tali-Barzu;
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2.
1959: The potters’ quarter in the western part of Marv;
3.
1967: Qizbibi Mausoleum. Monument of Turkmenistan;
4.
1972: Kashkadarya expedition;
5.
1978: Musical instrument from Altintep.
Several other similar works have also been published.
In conclusion, it should be said that the task of the science of archeology is to
restore our ancient history through the material culture monuments of the
primitive, ancient and medieval periods of human society. Svetlana Lunina
studied the monuments of the Middle Ages and left valuable information for the
future youth. Above, we only talked about the scientist's achievements and
published articles, but it is not easy to imagine how hard he achieved this victory
References:
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Shirinov T. Sh. O’zbekiston arxeologiyasi//№2[5]. Светлане Борисовне
Луниной – 80 лет. Samarqand 2012. C – 127.
2.
Лунина С. Древние города в долине Кашкадары. – Т. “Узбекистан” –
1988. C – 68.
3.
Лунина С. Города южного Согда в VIII–XII вв. – Т. “Фан” – 1984. C – 150.
4.
https://centrasia.org/person.php?st=1094681991
5.
https://www.wikiwand.com/uz/Svetlana_Lunina
