book chapter
The Indo-European migrations
Royal hordes : nomad peoples of the steppes • New York • Published In 1965 • Pages: 39-53, 132-135
By: Phillips, Eustace Dockray.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Phillips briefly describes some of the material culture, early migrations, and origins of some of the early nomads. Also discussed is evidence of early riding. Phillips provides a map of the Eurasian steppe from the Caucasus Mountains to China with the locations of some of the major cultures during the time of the Scythians.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Comparative evidence
- Historical reconstruction
- Animal transport
- Visual arts
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Early Nomad
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2002
- 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 chapter
- 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
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Sarah Berry ; 2000
- 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
- 2900 BP - 2600 BP (900 B.C. - 600 B.C.)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Early Nomads; Eurasian Steppe; Kazakstan, Mongolia, and Russia
- NotesAdditional notes
- [by] E. D. Phillips
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 132-135)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 65019414
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Asia, Central--Antiquities