The Urals and Western Siberia in the Bronze and Iron Ages

Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-1-107-65329-0
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 408 Seiten, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm, Gewicht: 764 g

Reihe: Cambridge World Archaeology

This book is the first synthesis of the archaeology of the Urals and Western Siberia. It presents a comprehensive overview of the late prehistoric cultures of these regions, which are of key importance for the understanding of long-term changes in Eurasia. At the crossroads of Europe and Asia, the Urals and Western Siberia are characterized by great environmental and cultural diversity which is reflected in the variety and richness of their archaeological sites. Based on the latest achievements of Russian archaeologists, this study demonstrates the temporal and geographical range of its subjects starting with a survey of the chronological sequence from the late fourth millennium BC to the early first millennium AD. Recent discoveries contribute to an understanding of issues such as the development of Eurasian metallurgy, technological and ritual innovations, pastoral nomadism and its role in Eurasian interactions, and major sociocultural fluctuations of the Bronze and Iron Ages.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Koryakova, Ludmila

Epimakhov, Andrej

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Vor- und Frühgeschichte, prähistorische Archäologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; Part I. The Bronze Age: The Rise of Economic and Cultural Complexity: 1. The development of bronze metallurgy; 2. The achievements and collisions of the early and middle Bronze Age; 3. Stabilization, colonization and expansion in the late Bronze Age; 4. On the eve of a new epoch: final Bronze Age; Part II. The Iron Age: Forming Eurasian Interactions: 5. The transition to the Iron Age and new tendencies in economic development; 6. The Southern Ural within the nomadic world: at the cultural crossroads; 7. The world of cultures of Cis-Urals forest zone of Eastern Europe: the maintenance of identities; 8. The forest-steppe cultures of the Urals and western Siberia: on the northern periphery of the nomadic world; 9. Social trends in north-central Eurasia during the second and first millennia BC.

Über Autor(innen)

Koryakova, Ludmila
Ludmila Koryakova is a professor at Ural State University and the Institute of History and Archaeology at the Ural branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. She has received fellowships from the European Community (INTAS foundation), the Russian Academy of Sciences, CNRS, and the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and is the author of more than eighty publications in Russian, European, and American books and journals.

Epimakhov, Andrej
Andrej Vladimirovich Epimakhov is a PhD Research Fellow at the Institute of History and Archaeology, Russian Academy of Sciences, as well as an Assistant Professor at Southern Ural State University.