Bolelov S.B.

Key words: Early Iron Age, historic-cultural area, settlement, production center, paleoeconomics, pottery handicraft, smithing process.
The article uses archaeological data to analyze the early phase in the development of handicrafts in Khoresm over a long period of time. Community handicrafts emerged there in the Late Bronze Age. Powerful cultural impact from the southern regions of Central Asia in the Early Iron Age contributed to the creation of production centers, where professional craftsmen produced goods for the market. The time period in question appears to mark the beginning of handicraft trades in Khoresm.