Nomads of the Eurasian Steppes in the Early Iron Age
Edited by
Jeannine Davis-Kimball, Vladimir A. Bashilov, and Leonid T. Yablonsky
438 pp, 490 illustrations, 19 maps, extensive bibliography, index, index of contemporary authors. ISBN 188579-00-2.
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This anthology focuses on the Scythian, Sauromatian, Sarmatian, and Saka Iron Age nomads who inhabited the Eurasian steppes in the first millennium BC. Written by ten of the foremost archaeologists from the Institute of Archaeology, Russian Academy of Sciences, the material presents a survey of Soviet archaeology from 1960 to1990. The majority of the material, including many illustrations, has never been published in English before this volume.
Foreword...Jeannine Davis-Kimball
Introduction... Vladimir A. Bashilov and Leonid T. Yablonsky
Part I. The Scythians
1. Scythican Culture in the North Caucasus...Vladimir G. Petrenko
2. Scythians of Southeastern Europe...Anna I. Melyukova
3. Scythian Culture in the Crimea... Valery S. Olkhovsky
Part II. The Sauromatians and Sarmatians4. A Brief Review of the History of the Sauromatian and Sarmatian Tribes... Marina G. Moshkova
5. History of the Studies of the Sauromatian and Sarmatian Tribes...Marina Moshkova
6. Saruomatians and Sarmatians of the Eurasian Steppes: The Transitional Period from the Bronze Age... Vladimir V. Dvornichenko
7. Sauromatian Culture... Vladimir V. Dvornichenko
8. Early Sarmatian Culture... Zoya A. Barbarunova
9. Middle Sarmatian Culture... Marina G. Moshkova
11. Sarmatians in the North Caucasus... Maya P. Abramova
12. Sarmatians: Some Concluding Remarks... Marina G. Moshkova
Part III. The Saka in Central Asia
13. Written Sources and the History of Archaeologicl Studies of the Saka in Central Asia... Leonid T. Yablonsky
14. The Material Culture of the Saka and Historical Reconstruction... Leonid T. Yablonsky
15. Some Ethnogenetical Hypothesis... Leonid T. Yablonsky
Part IV. Scythians in Siberia
16. History of Studies and the Main Problems in the Archaeology of Southern Siberia During the Scythian Period... Nikolai A. Bokovenko
17. Tuva During the Scythian Period... Nikolai A. Bokovenko
18. Scythian Culture in the Altai Mountains... Nikolai A. Bokovenko
19. The Tagar Culture in the Minusinsk Basin... Nikolai A. Bokovenko
Part V. Early Nomads of Mongolia
20 Early Nomads of Mongolia...Vitali V. Volkov