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Physical description:
xiii, 191 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Exhibition catalogs
History
Place:
Eurasia
Eurasie
Date:
1989
Notes:
Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Feb.-Apr. 1989; at the Denver Museum of Natural History, June-Sept. 1989; and at the National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C., Nov. 1989-Feb. 1990.
Contents:
Introduction / Vladimir N. Basilov -- The culture of Eurasian peoples, prehistoric times through the Middle Ages -- The Scythians and Sakians, eighth to third centuries B.C. / Larisa R. Pavlinskaya -- The Huns, third century B.C. to sixth century A.D. / Evgenii I. Lubo-Lesnichenko -- The Turkic peoples, sixth to twelfth centuries / Sev'yan I. Vainshtein -- The Mongol-Tatar states of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries / Mikhail V. Gorelik & Mark G. Kramarovskii -- Yurts, rugs, and felts / Vladimir N. Basilov & Ol'ga B. Naumova -- Clothing and personal adornment / Nina P. Lobachëva -- Household furnishings and utensils / Vladimir N. Basilov, Vera P. D'yakonova, Vladimir I. D'yachenko, & Vadim P. Kurylëv -- Harness and weaponry / Vadim P. Kurlyëv, Larisa R. Pavlinskaya, & Georgii N. Simakov -- Bowed musical instruments / Vladimir N. Basilov -- Religious beliefs / Vladimir N. Basilov & Natal'ya L. Zhukovskaya