essay
Scythian culture in the Altai Mountains
nomads of the eurasian steppes in the early iron age • Berkeley, Calif. • Published In 1995 • Pages: 282-295
By: Bokovenko, Nikolai A..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Bokovenko discusses Early Nomad culture in the Altai Mountains. The area is divided into the following time stages: the Early Stage, the Pazyryk Stage, and the Scythian Period. He discusses mortuary data and artifacts and points out the differences between the time periods. Discussed are changes in grave construction and mortuary artifacts such as horse tack, armaments, mirrors, ornaments, clothing, vessels, and OLENNIYE KAMNI (deer stones) and other art work.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Prehistory
- Metallurgy
- Animal transport
- Visual arts
- Burial practices and funerals
- 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
- 2800 BP-2100 BP (8th through 2nd centuries B.C.)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Early Nomads; Altai Mountains; China, Kazakstan, Mongolia, and Russia
- NotesAdditional notes
- Nikolai A. Bokovenko
- For bibliographical references see source number 18: Anonymous
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 95060805
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Asia, Central--Antiquities