essay
Some notes about the material culture of Eurasian nomads
kurgans, ritual sites, and settlements : eurasian bronze and iron age • Oxford • Published In 2000 • Pages: 13-17
By: Koriakova, L. N. (Liudmila Nikolaevna).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Koryakova gives a brief overview of the current theories about nomadic society as they pertain to archaeology. She then points out some of the problems in trying to define a culture as nomadic using archaeological data. A brief overview of Early Nomad culture is presented.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Settlement patterns
- Animal transport
- 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 ; 2001
- 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
- Early Nomad period
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, China, Georgia, Kazakstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Russia, Tajikstan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan
- NotesAdditional notes
- Ludmila Koryakova
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 17)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 2001320166
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Asia, Central--Antiquities