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Figure 20 [GIS]: Surface collection survey material from Sultan Kala, on the background of the IKONOS satellite image. 11th and 12th century material was largely ubiquitous over the whole of the built up area and was not plotted. Toggle the layers to see the different chronological extents: the 9th/10th century is clustered along the central Madjan Canal and towards the eastern gate (leading back to the old city of Gyaur Kala), while the early 13th century (pre-Mongol) material shows a focus towards the central area of the city but with noticeable concentrations near the west gate, in the suburban areas, and up towards the citadel area of Shahriyar Ark (NE). By the 15th century activity is restricted to the area around the Mausoleum of Sultan Sanjar, the Timurid city was by then 3kms south east of the old Islamic city.

Following a review of legacy systems and in line with broader ADS practice, the interactive map element of this article has been decommissioned. The full underlying set of data is still available for download from the digital archive.