Teshikkoʻpriktepa

Teshikkoʻpriktepa, Eshak koʻpriktepa — an archaeological monument dating to the beginning of the 5th–13th centuries. Located near the “Hamza” metro station of Tashkent city (on Friendship of Peoples Avenue). The monument was examined several times by the archaeologist D. D. Bukinich (1930s), the Department of Archaeology of ToshDU (1950s), archaeologists K. A. Shaxurin and Yu. F. Buryakov (in 1962), and the Tashkent archaeological expedition (M. I. Filanovich and others, 1968). T. is a fortified, uninhabited settlement. Remains of a wall reaching 6 m in height are preserved. Initially the area of the settlement’s ruin was 500 × 600 m. The wall consisted of a solid structure built of raw brick and plaster, divided into separate rooms and surrounded by a thick outer wall. The buildings in the central part of the fortress belong to the 5th–8th centuries. During the Arab invasion period (8th century) the buildings were destroyed and burned, turning into ruins. In the 9th–12th centuries life was restored in the hill area and on the wall. The population was engaged in blacksmithing and metal object production. T. was one of the trade and craft villages located around the capital Binkatnint. At the beginning of the 13th century it was completely ruined.