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The Scythians
Nomad Warriors of the Steppe
Taschenbuch von Barry Cunliffe
Sprache: Englisch

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The Scythians were warlike nomadic horsemen who roamed the steppe of Asia in the first millennium BC. Using archaeological finds from burials and texts written, mainly, by Greeks, this book reconstructs the lives of the Scythians, exploring their beliefs, their burial practices, their love of fighting and their flexible attitude to gender.
The Scythians were warlike nomadic horsemen who roamed the steppe of Asia in the first millennium BC. Using archaeological finds from burials and texts written, mainly, by Greeks, this book reconstructs the lives of the Scythians, exploring their beliefs, their burial practices, their love of fighting and their flexible attitude to gender.
Über den Autor
Barry Cunliffe taught archaeology at the Universities of Bristol and Southampton and was Professor of European Archaeology at the University of Oxford from 1972 to 2008, thereafter becoming Emeritus Professor. He has excavated widely in Britain (Fishbourne, Bath, Danebury, Hengistbury Head, Brading) and in the Channel Islands, Brittany, and Spain, and has been President of the Council for British Archaeology and of the Society of Antiquaries, a Governor of the Museum of London, a Commissioner of English Heritage, and a Trustee of the British Museum. His many publications include Facing the Ocean (2001), The Druids: A Very Short Introduction (2010), Britain Begins (2012), By Steppe, Desert, and Ocean (2015), and On the Ocean (2017), all published by Oxford University Press. He received a knighthood in 2006.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • Introduction

  • 1: Discovering the Scythians

  • 2: Observing the other

  • 3: Landscape and people

  • 4: Enter the predatory nomad

  • 5: The rise of the European Scythians

  • 6: Scythians in Central Asia

  • 7: Bodies clothed in skins: economy and society

  • 8: Bending the bow

  • 9: Death and the gods

  • 10: The flood continues

  • 11: Reflections on the longue durée

  • Further reading

  • Index

  • Introduction

  • 1: Discovering the Scythians

  • 2: Observing the other

  • 3: Landscape and people

  • 4: Enter the predatory nomad

  • 5: The rise of the European Scythians

  • 6: Scythians in Central Asia

  • 7: Bodies clothed in skins: economy and society

  • 8: Bending the bow

  • 9: Death and the gods

  • 10: The flood continues

  • 11: Reflections on the longue durée

  • Further reading

  • Index

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Thema: Lexika
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780198820130
ISBN-10: 0198820135
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Cunliffe, Barry
Hersteller: Oxford University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Books on Demand GmbH, In de Tarpen 42, D-22848 Norderstedt, info@bod.de
Abbildungen: 258 figures, images and maps
Maße: 242 x 186 x 20 mm
Von/Mit: Barry Cunliffe
Erscheinungsdatum: 09.09.2021
Gewicht: 0,882 kg
Artikel-ID: 119726876
Über den Autor
Barry Cunliffe taught archaeology at the Universities of Bristol and Southampton and was Professor of European Archaeology at the University of Oxford from 1972 to 2008, thereafter becoming Emeritus Professor. He has excavated widely in Britain (Fishbourne, Bath, Danebury, Hengistbury Head, Brading) and in the Channel Islands, Brittany, and Spain, and has been President of the Council for British Archaeology and of the Society of Antiquaries, a Governor of the Museum of London, a Commissioner of English Heritage, and a Trustee of the British Museum. His many publications include Facing the Ocean (2001), The Druids: A Very Short Introduction (2010), Britain Begins (2012), By Steppe, Desert, and Ocean (2015), and On the Ocean (2017), all published by Oxford University Press. He received a knighthood in 2006.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • Introduction

  • 1: Discovering the Scythians

  • 2: Observing the other

  • 3: Landscape and people

  • 4: Enter the predatory nomad

  • 5: The rise of the European Scythians

  • 6: Scythians in Central Asia

  • 7: Bodies clothed in skins: economy and society

  • 8: Bending the bow

  • 9: Death and the gods

  • 10: The flood continues

  • 11: Reflections on the longue durée

  • Further reading

  • Index

  • Introduction

  • 1: Discovering the Scythians

  • 2: Observing the other

  • 3: Landscape and people

  • 4: Enter the predatory nomad

  • 5: The rise of the European Scythians

  • 6: Scythians in Central Asia

  • 7: Bodies clothed in skins: economy and society

  • 8: Bending the bow

  • 9: Death and the gods

  • 10: The flood continues

  • 11: Reflections on the longue durée

  • Further reading

  • Index

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Thema: Lexika
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780198820130
ISBN-10: 0198820135
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Cunliffe, Barry
Hersteller: Oxford University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Books on Demand GmbH, In de Tarpen 42, D-22848 Norderstedt, info@bod.de
Abbildungen: 258 figures, images and maps
Maße: 242 x 186 x 20 mm
Von/Mit: Barry Cunliffe
Erscheinungsdatum: 09.09.2021
Gewicht: 0,882 kg
Artikel-ID: 119726876
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