Morning session

9:00-9:30

Opening

H.E. Sayed Mossadeq KHALILI (Ambassador of Aghanistan in Czech Republic), Peter PAVÚK (Director of the Institute of Classical Archaeology)

9:30-10:00

Johanna LHUILLIER: “The transition period from Bronze Age to Iron Age in Central Asia and Afghanistan” 

10:00-10:30

Ladislav STANČO: “Kugitang foothills in the Late Bronze and Early Iron Age: preliminary observations” 

10:30-11:00

Coffee break

11:00-11:30

Julio BENDEZU-SARMIENTO: “Funerary practices during the Bronze and Iron Ages in Central Asia“

11:30-12:00

Céline BON: "Paleogenetic analysis of ancient human remains from Ulug Depe (Turkmenistan). Bronze and Iron Ages" 

12:00-12:30

Estelle OTTENWELTER: “Archaeological Conservation strategies in Turkmenistan and Afghanistan”

12:30-13:30

Lunch break

Afternoon session

13:30-14:00

Jan KYSELA: “Excavations at Burgut Kurgan in 2016”

14:00-14:30

Jakub HAVLÍK: “So-called kurgans in the Kugitang foothills: state of research” 

14:30-15:00

Coffee break 

15:00-15:30

Petra CEJNAROVÁ: “Story of the Oxus Treasure”

15:30-16:00

Anna AUGUSTINOVÁ: “Pictures in the Landscape: rock art in the Piedmont of Kugitang” 

16:00

Closing remarks and discussion