The Urals and Western Siberia in the Bronze and Iron Ages

ISBN-13: 9781107653290 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 408 str.

Russia) Ludmila Koryakova (Southern Ural State University;Andrej Vladimirovich Epimakhov (Southern Ural State Universi

Opis

This is a comprehensive survey of the Urals and Western Siberia, the boundary of Europe and Asia, in the Bronze and the Iron ages. The text explores the complex social and economic structures of prehistoric Eurasia and the diverse ethnic groups it was home to.

Recenzje

'This volume is the first synthesis in English of the archaeological research on the area including the Urals and Western Siberia, and it presents an extensive overview of the many late prehistoric cultures that are thought to be key to understanding long-term changes across Eurasia.' Journal of Indo-European Studies

Spis treści

Introduction; Part I. The Bronze Age: The Rise of Economic and Cultural Complexity: 1. The development of bronze metallurgy; 2. The achievements and collisions of the early and middle Bronze Age; 3. Stabilization, colonization and expansion in the late Bronze Age; 4. On the eve of a new epoch: final Bronze Age; Part II. The Iron Age: Forming Eurasian Interactions: 5. The transition to the Iron Age and new tendencies in economic development; 6. The Southern Ural within the nomadic world: at the cultural crossroads; 7. The world of cultures of Cis-Urals forest zone of Eastern Europe: the maintenance of identities; 8. The forest-steppe cultures of the Urals and western Siberia: on the northern periphery of the nomadic world; 9. Social trends in north-central Eurasia during the second and first millennia BC.