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Nomads and networks : the ancient art and culture of Kazakhstan

Title
Nomads and networks : the ancient art and culture of Kazakhstan / edited by Sören Stark and Karen S. Rubinson with Zainolla S. Samashev and Jennifer Y. Chi ; including contributions by Nursan Alimbai ... [et al].
Publication
[New York] : Institute for the Study of the Ancient World ; Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2012.
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TextUse in library JQG 13-409Schwarzman Building - Art & Architecture Room 300

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Additional Authors
  • Stark, Sören.
  • Rubinson, Karen Sydney, 1943-
  • Samashev, Z. S. (Zaĭnolla Samashevich)
  • Chi, Jennifer.
Description
195 p. : ill. (some col.), maps; 31 cm.
Summary
Presents an unparalleled overview of the sophisticated culture of pastoral nomadic populations who lived on the territory of present-day Kazakhstan from roughly the middle of the first millennium BCE to the early centuries CE.--Book Jacket.
Subject
  • Decorative arts > Kazakhstan > History
  • Decorative arts > Kazakhstan > History > Exhibitions
  • Kazakhstan > Antiquities
  • Kazakhstan > Antiquities > Exhibitions
Note
  • Catalogue from the exhibition held at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at New York University, March 7-June 3, 2012.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
The roots of Iron Age pastoral nomadic culture / Nikolay A. Bokovenko and Zainolla S. Samashev -- The Berel Kurgans: some results of investigation / Zainolla S. Samashev -- Results of multidisciplinary studies and reconstructions of materials from the Baigetobe Kurgan at Shilikty / Abdesh T. Toleubaev, Al-Farabi Kazakh -- Some questions regarding the rock art of Kazakhstan / Sagynbay Myrgabayev -- Burial practices and social roles of Iron Age mobile pastoralists / Karen S. Rubinson -- Mounted warfare and its sociopolitical implications / Bryan K. Hanks -- Nomads and their networks: elites and their connections to the outside world / Sören Stark -- Cycles of Iron Age mobility and sedentism: climate, landscape, and material culture in southeastern Kazakhstan / Claudia Chang -- Society and culture of the nomads of central Asia through time / Nursan Alimbai.
Call Number
JQG 13-409
ISBN
  • 9780691154800
  • 0691154805
LCCN
2011943869
OCLC
761850893
Title
Nomads and networks : the ancient art and culture of Kazakhstan / edited by Sören Stark and Karen S. Rubinson with Zainolla S. Samashev and Jennifer Y. Chi ; including contributions by Nursan Alimbai ... [et al].
Imprint
[New York] : Institute for the Study of the Ancient World ; Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2012.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
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Contributor biographical information
Publisher description
Added Author
Stark, Sören.
Rubinson, Karen Sydney, 1943-
Samashev, Z. S. (Zaĭnolla Samashevich)
Chi, Jennifer.
Research Call Number
JQG 13-409
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