Editorial

7 Edi o ial The p esen mono hema ic issue o S udia He cynia eme ged om he Thi d Mee ing o he Hellenis ic Cen al Asia Resea ch Ne wo k (HCARN) held on he 14 h–16 h o No embe 2018 a Cha les Uni e si y in P ague. The i s wo con e ences o his se ies – he inaugu al one in Reading (2016) o ganized by Rachel Mai s and en i led Hellenis ic Cen al Asia: Cu en Resea ch, New Di ec ions, and he second one s aged a DAI in Be lin (2017) by Gun o Linds öm and Rachel Mai s unde he i le Ri ual Ma e s: A chaeology and Religion in Hellenis ic Cen al Asia we e bo h posi i ely ecei ed by he schola ly communi y and p omp ly became a espec ed pla o m o collabo a ion and deba e be ween a chaeologis s, linguis s, and his o ians o Cen al Asia. In o de o boos he eme ging in e na ional collabo a ion and s eng hen he ne wo k ies unde he aegis o HCARN, we decided o ollow up wi hou delay he o gan- izing o a hi d mee ing unde he i le Seen om Oxya es’ Rock: Cen al Asia unde and a e Alexande . As he i le sugges s, he main ocus o he con e ence was he local poin o iew and he ques ion, how he peoples o Cen al Asia expe ienced he u bulen de elopmen s ela ed o Alexande ’s campaign and he a i al o new o e lo ds om he Medi e anean. As in he p e ious mee ings o he HCARN g oup, he con e ence b ough oge he a - chaeologis s, his o ians, and numisma is s wo king on a ious aspec s o Hellenis ic Cen al Asia. In o al, 29 alks we e deli e ed by 34 ac i e pa icipan s om 12 coun ies, add essing he a ious issues o mu ual in e ac ion be ween he local popula ions and newcome s and ans o ma ions o bo h socie al and ma e ial cul u e. The o ganizing commi ee consis ed o Ladisla S ančo (Cha les Uni e si y), Gun o Linds öm (Ge man A chaeological Ins i u e), and Rachel Mai s (Uni e si y o Reading). F om he e y beginning we had planned a inal publica ion o he p oceedings, he bes pla o m o which u ned ou o be S udia He cynia, he pe iodical o he Ins i u e o Clas- sical A chaeology, he ins i u ion which ook pa onage o e he o ganiza ion o he hi d HCARN mee ing as well. All o he 13 con ibu ions submi ed by he au ho s we e subjec o wo double-blind e iews. Conside ing hei ex en and di e si y o app oaches, we decided o spli hese pape s in o wo olumes. The olume you hold in you hands con ains se en ex s dealing mos ly wi h w i en sou ces. A olume consis ing o pape s app oaching he issue om a chaeological pe spec i es is upcoming. The con e ence as well as wo ks on he publica ion o i s p oceedings we e kindly suppo ed by he Eu opean Regional De elopmen Fund p ojec ‘C ea i i y and Adap abili y as Condi ions o he Success o Eu ope in an In e ela ed Wo ld’ ( eg. no.: CZ.02. 1. 01/0.0/0.0/16_019/0000734). The Edi o s