The Urals and Western Siberia in the Bronze and Iron Ages

Cambridge University Press

2007

xxiii, 383 p.

Cambridge world archaeology

Includes bibliographical references (p. 347-374) and index.

978052182928

Contents: Foreword / by Philip L. Kohl -- pt. 1. The Bronze Age : the rise of economic and cultural complexity. The development of bronze metallurgy ; The achievements and collisions of the early and middle Bronze Age ; Stabilization, colonization, and expansion in the late Bronze Age ; On the eve of a new epoch : final Bronze Age -- pt. 2. The Iron Age : forming Eurasian interactions. The transition to the Iron Age and new tendencies in economic development ; The southern Urals within the nomadic world : at the cultural crossroads ; The world of cultures of Cis-Urals forest zone of Eastern Europe : the maintenance of cultural identities ; The forest-steppe cultures of the Urals and western Siberia : on the northern periphery of the nomadic world ; Social trends in north-central Eurasia during the second and first millennia BC.

This book is the first synthesis of the archaeology of the Urals and Western Siberia. It presents a comprehensive overview of the late prehistoric cultures of these regions, which are of key importance for the understanding of long-term changes in Eurasia.

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