Social complexity in prehistoric Eurasia : monuments, metals, and mobility
by
Hanks, Bryan K., 1967-
Title
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Social complexity in prehistoric Eurasia : monuments, metals, and mobility
Author
:
Hanks, Bryan K., 1967-
ISBN
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9780521517126
Publication Information
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Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Physical Description
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xx, 417 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
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Preface: From myth to method : advances in the archaeology of the Eurasian steppe -- Differentiated political landscapes and non-uniform complexity in Bronze Age steppe archaeology -- Climate change, conflict, and the origins of the Sintashta-Arkaim complex -- Settlements and necropolises of the Bronze Age of the Urals : opportunities for the reconstruction of social dynamics -- The Maikop singularity : a unique example of the unequal accumulation of wealth on the Bronze Age Eurasian steppes? -- Formation of the Eurasian steppe belt of stockbreeding cultures : viewed through the prism of archaeometallurgy and radiocarbon dating -- Modeling early metallurgical production and community organization -- Technology and exchange : the metallic artifacts excavated in the ancient Dian region of Yunnan Province from 5th c. BC to 2nd c. AD -- Metal making and social complexity in the Bronze Age steppes : material culture practices and value -- Early metallurgy and socio-cultural complexity : a view based on archaeological discoveries in eastern Central Asia -- Violence on the frontiers? : sources of power and socio-political change at the easternmost parts of the Eurasian steppes during the early first millennium BCE -- First millennium BCE Beifang artifacts as historical documents -- Blurring the boundaries : uncovering the complex interactions between foragers and pastoralists in the Volga-Ural region -- Re-writing monumental landscapes as inner Asian political process -- "Socially integrative facilities" and the emergence of societal complexity on the Mongolian steppe -- Deer stones and Khirigsuurs : pre-Scythian Bronze Age ceremonialism and art in northern Mongolia.
Subject Term
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Social archaeology -- Eurasia.
Steppe archaeology -- Eurasia.
Prehistoric peoples -- Eurasia.
Monuments -- Eurasia -- History.
Metallurgy -- Eurasia -- History.
Social mobility -- Eurasia -- History.
Excavations (Archaeology) -- Eurasia.
Geographic Term
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Eurasia -- Antiquities.
China -- Antiquities.
Soviet Union -- Antiquities.
Added Author
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Hanks, Bryan K., 1967-
Linduff, Katheryn M.
Bibliographical References
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Field 805
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npmlib 10800569 DS328 S63 ysh
Library | Shelf Number | Item Barcode | Copy | Material Type | Status |
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NPM Library | DS328 S63 2009 | 10800569 | 1 | B | *二館西文書一區 |