Description
| Summary: | Offering a fresh archaeological interpretation, this work reconceptualizes the Bronze Age prehistory of the vast Eurasian steppe during one of the most formative and innovative periods of human history. Michael D. Frachetti combines an analysis of newly documented archaeological sites in the Koksu River valley of eastern Kazakhstan with detailed paleoecological and ethnohistorical data to illustrate patterns in land use, settlement, burial, and rock art. His investigation illuminates the practical effect of nomadic strategies on the broader geography of social interaction and suggests a new model of local and regional interconnection in the third and second millennia B.C.E. Frachetti further argues that these early nomadic communities played a pivotal role in shaping enduring networks of exchange across Eurasia.
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvii, 213 p.) |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-205) and index. |
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| ISBN: | 9780520942691
0520942698
0520256891
9780520256897
1282360795
9781282360792 |
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| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed. |
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