Beschreibung:
Katheryn M. Linduff is University Center for International Studies Professor Emerita in the Departments of Art History and Anthropology at the University of Pittsburgh and currently teaches at Carnegie-Mellon University in the School of Architecture. She has engaged for many years in art-historical research and collaborative fieldwork, focusing on pre- and early history, including the Bronze and Iron Ages, of the Inner Asian Frontier. She has published on metallurgy, gender, China and Eurasia, the archaeology of Inner Asia and on artifacts.
This book reconsiders the archaeology of the Pazyryk, the horse-riding people of the Altai mountains who lived in the 4th - 3rd centuries BCE, in light of recent scientific studies and excavations not only in Russia but also Kazakhstan, Mongolia and China, together with new theories of landscape.
1. Introduction: The shape of Pazyryk Culture 2. Economic topography in the Pazyryk Culture 3. Social and occupational topography of the Pazyryk Culture: Valedictory use of burials 4. The larger picture: Relationships with Mongolia and China 5. The Pazyryk Culture: Concluding remarks