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Amazons, priestesses and other women of status: females in Eurasian nomadic society
Silk road art and archaeology : journal of the Institute of Silk Road Studies, Kamakura • 5 • Published In 1997 • Pages: 1-50
By: Davis-Kimball, Jeannine.
Abstract
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 2200 B.P. was marked for Outline of Cultural Materials (OCM) codes.) As Davis-Kimball states, 'The purpose of the paper is to evaluate archaeological evidence to determine if nomadic women played a strong and prominent role in their respective societies and if a complex female status system existed during the Early Iron Age,' (page 5). The archaeological evidence indicates women were both warriors and priestesses during this time period and that their burials held a larger quantity and wider variety of grave goods than male burials.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2002
- Region
- Asia
- Sub Region
- Central Asia
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Sarah Berry ; 2000
- Field Date
- 1991-1997
- Coverage Date
- 2800 BP-2200 BP (800 B.C. - 200 B.C.)
- Coverage Place
- Saka, Sauromatian, and Sarmatian; Afghanistan, China, Kazakstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Russia, Tajikistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan
- Notes
- Jeannine Davis-Kimball
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCN
- 91642819
- LCSH
- Asia, Central--Antiquities