Gold Of The Great Steppe
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Gold Of The Great Steppe
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Author : Rebecca Roberts
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-02-15
Gold Of The Great Steppe written by Rebecca Roberts and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-02-15 with Art categories.
This catalogue accompanies an exhibition which presents artefacts from burial mounds of the Saka people of East Kazakhstan, who, over 2,500 years ago, lived lives rich in complexity. The Saka people occupied a landscape of seemingly endless steppe to the west, bounded by mountains to the east and south. Known to be fierce warriors, they were also skilled craftspeople, producing intricate gold and other metalwork. Their artistic expression indicates a deep respect for the animals around them - both real and imagined. They dominated their landscapes with huge burial mounds of sophisticated construction, burying their horses with elite members of their society. Recent excavations and analyses, led by archaeologists from Kazakhstan, have demonstrated that by looking through a scientific and social lens at what the Saka left behind we can paint a picture of a complex society. We can start to understand how it affected the way people lived, how they travelled, the things they made and what they believed in.00Exhibition: The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK (October 2021-January 2022).
The Golden Deer Of Eurasia
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Author : Joan Aruz
language : en
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Release Date : 2006
The Golden Deer Of Eurasia written by Joan Aruz and has been published by Metropolitan Museum of Art this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Art, Scythian categories.
The Scythians
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Author : Barry Cunliffe
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2019-09-26
The Scythians written by Barry Cunliffe and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-09-26 with History categories.
Brilliant horsemen and great fighters, the Scythians were nomadic horsemen who ranged wide across the grasslands of the Asian steppe from the Altai mountains in the east to the Great Hungarian Plain in the first millennium BC. Their steppe homeland bordered on a number of sedentary states to the south - the Chinese, the Persians and the Greeks - and there were, inevitably, numerous interactions between the nomads and their neighbours. The Scythians fought the Persians on a number of occasions, in one battle killing their king and on another occasion driving the invading army of Darius the Great from the steppe. Relations with the Greeks around the shores of the Black Sea were rather different - both communities benefiting from trading with each other. This led to the development of a brilliant art style, often depicting scenes from Scythian mythology and everyday life. It is from the writings of Greeks like the historian Herodotus that we learn of Scythian life: their beliefs, their burial practices, their love of fighting, and their ambivalent attitudes to gender. It is a world that is also brilliantly illuminated by the rich material culture recovered from Scythian burials, from the graves of kings on the Pontic steppe, with their elaborate gold work and vividly coloured fabrics, to the frozen tombs of the Altai mountains, where all the organic material - wooden carvings, carpets, saddles and even tattooed human bodies - is amazingly well preserved. Barry Cunliffe here marshals this vast array of evidence - both archaeological and textual - in a masterful reconstruction of the lost world of the Scythians, allowing them to emerge in all their considerable vigour and splendour for the first time in over two millennia.
The History Of The Great Steppe
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Author : Nursultan Nasarbajew
language : en
Publisher: DCV
Release Date : 2020-01-30
The History Of The Great Steppe written by Nursultan Nasarbajew and has been published by DCV this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-01-30 with categories.
The largest steppe landscape in the world, the Great Steppe, stretches from Eastern Europe to East Asia across the Eurasian continent. In its center lies Kazakhstan--a country with a rich history, about which, however, very little is known. It was shaped by the nomadic peoples typical of the steppe--Saka, Huns, Turks, and Mongolians--and dates back to prehistory, some 2.5 million years ago. This opulent volume provides insight into the history and culture of the Great Steppe and Kazakhstan by documenting everything from the prehistory, the protohistory, the invasion by Genghis Khan, the Arab-Islamic period, the integration into the USSR, and the most recent epoch of growing national consciousness in an independent state. The impressive pictures are accompanied by excerpts from the book In the Stream of History by the first president of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, who led the country for over thirty years.
Masters Of The Steppe The Impact Of The Scythians And Later Nomad Societies Of Eurasia
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Author : Svetlana Pankova
language : en
Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Release Date : 2021-01-21
Masters Of The Steppe The Impact Of The Scythians And Later Nomad Societies Of Eurasia written by Svetlana Pankova and has been published by Archaeopress Publishing Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-01-21 with Social Science categories.
This book presents 45 papers presented at a major international conference held at the British Museum during the 2017 BP exhibition 'Scythians: warriors of ancient Siberia'. Papers include new archaeological discoveries, results of scientific research and studies of museum collections, most presented in English for the first time.
The People Of The Eurasian Steppe
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Author : Warwick Ball
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-10-31
The People Of The Eurasian Steppe written by Warwick Ball and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-10-31 with History categories.
The history of movement across the Eurasian steppe since prehistory and its effect on Europe
Nomadic Art Of The Eastern Eurasian Steppes
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Author : Emma C. Bunker
language : en
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Release Date : 2002
Nomadic Art Of The Eastern Eurasian Steppes written by Emma C. Bunker and has been published by Metropolitan Museum of Art this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Art categories.
This fascinating book examines the artistic exchange between the nomadic peoples of what is now Inner Mongolia and their settled Chinese neighbors during the first millennium B.C.
Women And The Making Of The Mongol Empire
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Author : Anne F. Broadbridge
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2018-07-18
Women And The Making Of The Mongol Empire written by Anne F. Broadbridge and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-07-18 with History categories.
A wide-ranging study of the critical roles that women played in the history of the Mongol conquests and empire.
Travellers In The Great Steppe
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Author : NICK. FIELDING
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020
Travellers In The Great Steppe written by NICK. FIELDING and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020 with categories.
Frozen Fauna Of The Mammoth Steppe
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Author : R. Dale Guthrie
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2013-11-01
Frozen Fauna Of The Mammoth Steppe written by R. Dale Guthrie and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-01 with Science categories.
Frozen mammals of the Ice Age, preserved for millennia in the tundra, have been a source of fascination and mystery since their first discovery over two centuries ago. These mummies, their ecology, and their preservation are the subject of this compelling book by paleontologist Dale Guthrie. The 1979 find of a frozen, extinct steppe bison in an Alaskan gold mine allowed him to undertake the first scientific excavation of an Ice Age mummy in North America and to test theories about these enigmatic frozen fauna. The 36,000-year-old bison mummy, coated with blue mineral crystals, was dubbed "Blue Babe." Guthrie conveys the excitement of its excavation and shows how he made use of evidence from living animals, other Pleistocene mummies, Paleolithic art, and geological data. With photographs and scores of detailed drawings, he takes the reader through the excavation and subsequent detective work, analyzing the animal's carcass and its surroundings, the circumstances of its death, its appearance in life, the landscape it inhabited, and the processes of preservation by freezing. His examination shows that Blue Babe died in early winter, falling prey to lions that inhabited the Arctic during the Pleistocene era. Guthrie uses information gleaned from his study of Blue Babe to provide a broad picture of bison evolutionary history and ecology, including speculations on the interactions of bison and Ice Age peoples. His description of the Mammoth Steppe as a cold, dry, grassy plain is based on an entirely new way of reading the fossil record.