Dr Miljana Radivojević (UCL)_Interview at the Uzbekistan Embassy 20 02 2020 London
On 20 February 2020, the British-Uzbek Society together with the Uzbekistan Embassy in London organised a talk by Dr Miljana Radivojević, a lecturer from the UCL Institute of Archaeology.
Dr Radivojević presented a talk on 'The Making of the Silk Roads: what archaeomaterials science can tell us about the building of the first global economic network'.
Miljana mentioned the growing interest in the history and pre-history of the Silk Road and the importance of recognising a number of Silk Roads rather than a single Silk Road. The Silk Roads were crossing the continents via Central Asia creating highways for transporting different commodities (silks, spices, china, textiles, wheat, millet, metal objects, artefacts, etc.) as well as transmitting new knowledge, languages, ideas, cultures, religions and philosophies. The fascination with and curiosity around the Silk Roads history, comes in the number of publications, films, documentaries, exhibitions, and numerous articles published in various journals.
Dr Miljana Radivojević shared her plans to continue further archaeological research in the metals’ production and supply chains in Uzbekistan. She believes that Uzbekistan with its vast network of hubs and caravanserais, built in the era of the Silk Roads, is the place for new discoveries enabling an in-depth research in the history of metals and ores.
