Book
The world of the Scythians
B. T. Batsford • London • Published In 1989 • Pages:
By: Rolle, Renate, Walls, Gayna.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a historical reconstruction of Scythian life based partially on historical sources (e.g., the works of the fifth century B.C. Greek historian Herodotus), and partially on the analysis of the grave goods from numerous, primarily 'royal' tombs, in the areas occupied by the Scythians. From the analysis of the above sources of information, Rolle describes tomb construction and embalming techniques, the physical appearance and dress of the people, weapons and warfare, blood-brotherhood, female military organization, trade, animal husbandry (with emphasis on the horse), mortuary sacrifices, households and settlements, and political structure. A useful Scythian chronology dating from the eighth century B.C. to the third century A.D. appears on pp. 132-134 of the text.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Domesticated animals
- Smiths and their crafts
- Weapons
- Animal transport
- Visual arts
- Chief executive
- Burial practices and funerals
- Special burial practices and funerals
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Scythian-Sarmatian
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Central Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 1999
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 2700 BP-2300 BP (700 B.C.-300 B.C.)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Steppes north of the Black Sea, southern Russia
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Renate Rolle ; translated by Gayna Walls from the German Die Welt der Skythen
- Translation of: [Die Welt der Skythen]
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 136-138) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 91129528
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Scythians