The prehistory of the Silk Road / E.E. Kuzmina ; edited by Victor H. Mair.

Author/creator Kuzʹmina, E. E.
Other author Mair, Victor H., 1943-
Format Book
Publication InfoPhiladelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2008.
Descriptionxii, 248 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects
Bronze age--Asia, Central.
Asia, Central--Antiquities.
Silk Road--Antiquities.

SeriesEncounters with Asia
Encounters with Asia. ^A593873
Contents The dynamics of the Eurasian steppe ecology -- Economic developments in the Ponto-Caspian steppe -- The first stage of the food-producing economy -- The second stage of the food-producing economy -- The domestication and early use of the horse -- The development of the pit-grave cultural community -- The spread of wheeled transport: a prerequisite to the opening of the Great Silk Road routes -- The Eurasian steppe in the Bronze Age -- Proto-urban culture in the Urals -- The chariots of the Eurasian steppe -- The crisis of complex economy, the development of nomadism in the Eurasian steppe, and the origins of the Great Silk Road routes -- The origin and spread of the Bactrian camel -- Archaeological cultures of southern Central Asia -- Southern Turkmenistan -- The lower and middle part of Transoxiana -- Ferghana -- Kirghizstan -- Relations between eastern and western Central Asia -- Contacts of the Xinjiang people with the West in the Copper Age, and the Tocharian question -- Contacts of the Xinjiang people with the West in the Bronze Age.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [207]-242) and index.
LCCN 2007023278
ISBN9780812240412 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN0812240413 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks DS 328 .K89 2008 ✔ Available Place Hold