Mound

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I have been cataloging sites of potential archaeological interest in Afghanistan and now I see them everywhere I look. This one is near Dzhumabazar, Uzbekistan, southeast of Samarkand. I have no idea what it is or from when it might date, but the mound itself seems fairly extensive, with what may be another site a kilometer or two to the northeast and perhaps several smaller structures scattered about.

The combination of circular and rectangular enclosures, here, remind me of a smaller version of Old Merv, in Turkmenistan.