DOI: https://doi.org/10.7160/KS.2022.180103 Author: Heinrich Härke Affiliation: Eberhard‑Karls‑Universität Tübingen, Institute for Prehistory, Early History and Medieval Archaeology, Department of Medieval Archaeology, 72070 Tübingen, Germany Email: heinrich.haerke@uni‑tuebingen.de Language: English Issue: 1/2022 (18) Pages: 57–80 (24 pages) Keywords: Central Asia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, archaeology, politics of archaeology, Dzhankent Abstract The paper provides, in a series of anecdotal observations…