Book
Die Skythen
Deutscher Verlag der Wissenschaften • Berlin • Published In 1980 • Pages:
By: Grakov, Boris Nikolaevich.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This work, in German, is essentially a study of the material culture of the Scythians based in part on the analysis of grave goods, and in part on the data provided in the early Greek and Roman historical accounts. The author reviews the early Greek and Roman literature on the Scythians, and then describes the geography of the region, Scythian culture history, social and political organization, the formation of the state, economy, trade, characteristics of the Scythian way of life, archaeological finds from the Dnieper River area, mythology, art, religion, cult of the dead, and culture comparisons between Scythians and neighboring (non-Scythian) societies. Cultural data on these neighboring societies, such as the Neurer, Maioten Melanchlainen, Sauromaten, Budiner, and Geloner, have not been indexed.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Ornament
- Smiths and their crafts
- Weapons
- External trade
- Animal transport
- Visual arts
- Warfare
- 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
- 2017
- 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 TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- 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, Russia
- NotesAdditional notes
- B. N. Grakov
- Translation of: Skify
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 154) and index
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Scythians