Abdul Hafiz Latify
PhD canditate
Afghanistan in the Bronze Age: investigating settlement patterns and raw material trade networks.
Abstract:The proposed research, entitled "Afghanistan in the Bronze Age: investigating settlement patterns and raw material trade networks," will address fundamental, open questions of Bronze Age Afghanistan. It will give the first holistic overview of this period through a comprehensive catalogue and mapping of Bronze Age sites. In addition, data will be collated about the distribution of raw and finished lapis lazuli artefacts in Afghanistan as well as broader Central Asia, South Asia, and Iran. It will then analyze settlement patterns and their relation to mineral resources. The distribution of lapis lazuli artefacts will also be analyzed to understand the organization of trade and networks of exchange in this raw material, additionally drawing on ethnographic comparative data to build models for the socio-economic behavior behind patterns observed. Ultimately, the impact of internal driving forces versus external ones for the extraction and trade of raw materials will be evaluated.
The PhD project is supervised by Prof. Dr. Reinhard Bernbeck and PD Dr. Nikolaus Boroffka, DAI.
Education:
08/2019 – 04/2021
PH.D in Archaeology (Preliminary PhD research) – The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda – Vadodara, India
08/2016 – 05/2018
M.A in Ancient History, Culture and Archaeology – University of Allahabad - Allahabad, India
09/2008 – 11/2013
B.A. in Archaeology and History of Art – Aristotle University of Thessaloniki – Thessaloniki, Greece
2001 – 2004
Certificate of High School – Haji Abdul Qader High School – Kabul, Afghanistan
Work Experience:
06/2018 – 07/2019
Archaeologist – Archaeology Institute of Afghanistan – Kabul, Afghanistan
05/2014 – 07/2016
Curator of Pre-Kushan Period – National Museum of Afghanistan – Kabul Afghanistan
04/2012 – 05/2012
Practical Work – Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
2006 – 2007
Member of the Excavation Department – Archaeology Institute of Afghanistan, Ministry of Information and Culture – Kabul, Afghanistan
2005 – 2006
IT manager and publisher of the Archaeology Magazine – Archaeology Institute of Afghanistan, Ministry of Information and Culture – Kabul, Afghanistan.
Publications:
Latify, A.H, and Vrushab M. "A Review of Chalcolithic/Bronze Age Researches in Afghanistan." Heritage: Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies in Archaeology 7, 2019.
Latify, A.H. "The Impact of War on Cultural Heritages and the Role of International Organizations in Preserving it" in Proce eding of 6th International Congress of Society of South Asian Archaeology, 2019
Latify, A.H., N.A. Noori, T. Abawi, & S. Annen. "Panel Session: Museums as Instruments of Cultural Heritage Preservation." In Preserving the Cultural Heritage of Afghanistan, Proceedings of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago – Ministry of Information and Culture of Afghanistan International Conference Held at the Afghanistan Center at Kabul University, November 9-11, 2014, Stein, G. et al., eds., University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2017.
Latify, A.H. "Pre-Kushan period in Afghanistan" in Review of Kushan Studies, 2015. (in Persian)
Asandoae, E.R. & A.H. Latify. "Stone Klinai and Kline-shaped structures in Macedonian Tombs from present Nord-East Macedonia and Thracia" in Proceedings of the 12th International Congress of Thracology, 2013.
Edited Works
Stein, G., M. Fisher, A.H. Latify, N. Popal, & N. Dupree, eds. Preserving the Cultural Heritage of Afghanistan, Proceedings of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago – Ministry of Information and Culture of Afghanistan International Conference Held at the Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University, November 9-11, 2014. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2017.
