The Black Sea and the Early Civilizations of Europe, the Near East and Asia

ISBN-13: 9781107032194 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 404 str.

Mariya Ivanova

Opis

This book presents the first comprehensive overview of the Black Sea region in the prehistoric period.

Recenzje

'This is the first comprehensive synthesis in the English language of the archaeological cultures surrounding the regions of the Black Sea … Of exceptional interest are the relationships [drawn] between the different culture and regions … Of outstanding significance is the evidence displaying the cultural interactions that bought the Caucasus, Anatolia, Iran, the Eurasian steppes, and Central Asia into patterns of cultural interaction throughout the Bronze Age … Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above.' C. C. Lamberg-Larkovsky, Choice

Spis treści

1. Environment; 2. A framework of technology; 3. Eurasia: the Neolithic prologue; 4. The valley of the Lower Kuban; 5. The North Black Sea grassland; 6. The wetlands of the west Black Sea; 7. Unknown coasts: the Black Sea littoral of Anatolia; 8. Conclusions: the Black Sea and the outside world.