The Golden Deer of Eurasia: Perspectives on the Steppe Nomads of the Ancient World
Joan Aruz (editor), Ann Farkas (editor), Elisabetta Valtz Fino (editor)
The twenty essays in this book originated from a Metropolitan Museum symposium held in conjunction with the exhibition “The Golden Deer of Eurasia: Scythian and Sarmatian Treasures from the Russian Steppes” (2000–2001). Texts by prominent scholars include: “The Prehistory of Scythian Cavalry: The Evolution of Fighting on Horseback” by David W. Anthony; “Steppe Nomadic Culture and Political Organization” by Thomas J. Barfield; “Mobility, Art, and Identity in Early Iron Age Europe and Asia” by Peter S. Wells; “The Gold of the Griffins: Recent Excavation of a Frozen Tomb in Kazakhstan” by Henri-Paul Francfort, Giancarlo Ligabue, and Zainullah Samashev; and “Discovery of a Royal Burial of the Scythian Period in Tuva” by Konstantin V. Chugunov, Anatolii Nagler, and Hermann Parzinger.
Published in association with The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Published in association with The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Año:
2007
Editorial:
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Idioma:
english
Páginas:
256
ISBN 10:
0300124031
ISBN 13:
9780300124033
Serie:
Metropolitan Museum of Art Series
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english, 2007