The Scythians
Nomad Warriors of the Steppe
(Sprache: Englisch)
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,...
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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.
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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.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „The Scythians “
- 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
Autoren-Porträt von Barry Cunliffe
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.Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Barry Cunliffe
- 2021, 416 Seiten, mit Abbildungen, Maße: 18,6 x 24,2 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Oxford University Press
- ISBN-10: 0198820135
- ISBN-13: 9780198820130
- Erscheinungsdatum: 11.10.2021
Sprache:
Englisch
Pressezitat
The volume is an excellent appetizer for people unfamiliar with the Scythians and the significance of the immense steppe world for ancient history KOSTAS VLASSOPOULOS, Greece and Rome
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