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THE GOLDEN DEER OF EURASIA
PERSPECTIVES ON THE STEPPE NOMADS OF THE ANCIENT WORLD: THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART SYMPOSIA |
| By: |
Joan Aruz (Editor), Anna Farkas (Editor), Elisabetta Valtz Fino (Editor) |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£25.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0300124031 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780300124033 |
| Publisher: |
YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
30 January, 2007 |
| Series: |
Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| Pages: |
256 |
| Description: |
Featuring nineteen essays, this book includes texts by prominent scholars such as "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 Wells; and many others. |
| Synopsis: |
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. |
| Illustrations: |
149 b-w + 29 color illus. |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Yale University Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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