00000cam a22000004i 4500 UP-99796217611813574 Buklod 20151011220210.0 a r |||| u| ta 151011s2012 xx d r |||| u| 9780691154800 (iLib)UPD-00249811016 DLC DCAL rda eng DMLUC DK 905 N66 2012 Nomads and networks the ancient art and culture of Kazakhstan edited by Soren Stark and Karen S. Rubinson with Zainolla S. Samashev and Jennifer Y. Chi ; including contributions by Nursan Alimbai ... [and eight others]. [New York] Institute for the Study of the Ancient World [2012] 195 pages illustrations (some color), maps 31 cm text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier Catalogue from the exhibition held at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at New York University, March 7-June 3, 2012. Includes bibliographical references. The roots of Iron Age pastoral nomadic culture / Nikolay A. Bokovenko and Zainolla S. Samashev -- The Berel Kurgans: some results of investigation / Zainolla S. Samashev -- Results of multidisciplinary studies and reconstructions of materials from the Baigetobe Kurgan at Shilikty / Abdesh T. Toleubaev, Al-Farabi Kazakh -- Some questions regarding the rock art of Kazakhstan / Sagynbay Myrgabayev -- Burial practices and social roles of Iron Age mobile pastoralists / Karen S. Rubinson -- Mounted warfare and its sociopolitical implications / Bryan K. Hanks -- Nomads and their networks: elites and their connections to the outside world / Sören Stark -- Cycles of Iron Age mobility and sedentism: climate, landscape, and material culture in southeastern Kazakhstan / Claudia Chang -- Society and culture of the nomads of central Asia through time / Nursan Alimbai. Presents an unparalleled overview of the sophisticated culture of pastoral nomadic populations who lived on the territory of present-day Kazakhstan from roughly the middle of the first millennium BCE to the early centuries CE.--Book Jacket. Decorative arts Kazakhstan History. Decorative arts Kazakhstan History Exhibitions. Kazakhstan Antiquities. Kazakhstan Antiquities Exhibitions. Stark, Soren editor. Rubinson, Karen Sydney 1943- editor. Samashev, Z. S. (Zainolla Samashevich) editor. Chi, Jennifer editor. Alimbai, Nursan contributor. Contributor biographical information http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1303/2011943869-b.html Publisher description http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1303/2011943869-d.html FO UPD DCAL DK 905 N66 2012 Book