Rethinking Prehistoric Central Asia: Shepherds, Farmers, and Nomads

ISBN-13: 9780367887513 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 144 str.

Claudia Chang

Opis

This book presents the findings of new archaeological research in southeastern Kazakhstan, analyses these findings to present important conclusions about the nature of Inner Asian society in this period. The picture presented is of societies which were more complex than heretofore understood.

Spis treści

1. Introduction

2. Natural and cultural landscapes of the Talgar alluvial fan: The natural landscape

3. Everyday lives in the Talgar settlements

4. Time, space, and demographic change in Talgar

5. Social organization in Talgar: Equality or hierarchy?

6. The place of the Talgar fan in the development of nomadic states and civilizations

Index

O autorze

Claudia Chang is Professor of Anthropology at Sweet Briar College, USA.