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Sauromatian culture
nomads of the eurasian steppes in the early iron age • Berkeley, Calif. • Published In 1995 • Pages: 105-116
By: Dvornichenko, Vladimir V..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Dvornichenko describes the Sauromatian Culture. What is known about the culture comes mainly from burial data. He descibes grave construction and other mortuary artifacts such as weapons, tools, tack for horses, cauldrons, pottery, spoons (which were probably used in ceremonies), mirrors, ornaments, altars, and some of their art (especially animal style art).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Bone, horn, and shell technology
- Metallurgy
- Visual arts
- Burial practices and funerals
- Sacred objects and places
- Ethnozoology
- 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
- essay
- 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
- 2700 BP-2400 BP (7th through 5th centuries B.C.)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Sauromatian Culture; Kazakstan and Russia
- NotesAdditional notes
- Vladimir V. Dvornichenko
- For bibliographical references see source number 18: Anonymous
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 95060805
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Asia, Central--Antiquities