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Amazons, priestesses and other women of statusarticle 1997 • Davis-Kimball, Jeannine
Early Nomad • Asia > Central Asia
Davis-Kimball examines women's status among the nomads of the Eurasian steppe from about 2800 B.P. through the Middle Sarmatian Period (first century B.C. to the first century A.D.) by describing their burials. (Only the time period of 2800 B.P. to 2...Tribal interaction between the Early Iron Age Nomads of the southern Ural steppes, Semirechiye, and Xinjiangessay 1998 • Davis-Kimball, Jeannine
Early Nomad • Asia > Central Asia
By describing some of the artifacts found throughout the Eurasian steppes, Davis-Kimball examines similarities in artifacts, artwork styles, metalurgy, and burial practices. These similarities probably occurred due to a common economic system and bec...Sauro-Sarmatian nomadic womenarticle 1997 • Davis-Kimball, Jeannine
Early Nomad • Asia > Central Asia
Davis-Kimball discusses the findings from the Pokrovka Cemeteries in light of the status of women. Her findings indicate that some women had unique statuses and that Sauromatian women may have controlled the majority of the wealth in this time period...With the Saka on the Soviet Steppearticle 1991 • Davis-Kimball, Jeannine
Early Nomad • Asia > Central Asia
Davis-Kimball discusses the first season of excavations of kurgans near Issyk, Kazakstan near the base of the Tien Shan mountains. She discusses their findings and gives a brief description of Saka nomadic life and mythology....The Beiram moundessay 2000 • Davis-Kimball, Jeannine
Early Nomad • Asia > Central Asia
Davis-Kimball excavated the Beiram Mound. This stone mound appears similar in construction to other Saka burial mounds, but contains no graves. Instead, it appears to have been a religious site containing over 4000 offerings. The site has been used f...Excavations at Pokrova, Russia, 1990-1994article 1995 • Davis-Kimball, Jeannine
Early Nomad • Asia > Central Asia
Davis-Kimball summarizes some of the findings from the excavations at Pokrovka cemeteries (such as the unexpected statuses of female burials) and summarizes who the Early Nomad populations were....Kurgans on the left bank of the Ilek 1995 • Davis-Kimball, Jeannine et al.
Early Nomad • Asia > Central Asia
Davis-Kimball and Yablonsky describe their field work and findings among the kurgan cemeteries found between the modern towns of Pokrovka, Troitsk, and Ivanovka. The burials date from the late Bronze Age to the Middle Ages, but only the material rela...