Central Asia Archaeology & History

ISBN: 9783700167600
Published by : Austrian Academy of Sciences Press
Series: VERöFFENTLICHUNGEN ZUR SOZIANLANTHROPOLOGIE
Volume: 13
The most extensive collection of Mongolian ethnographica in Europe goes back to the Austrian explorer Hans Leder (1848-1921). Entomological studies led him from southern Siberia to Northern Mongolia in 1892. During further stays in Mongolia bet... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9783515098151
Published by : Franz Steiner Verlag
English summary: The Uighur kingdom in Central Asia, influenced by the West through Manichaeism and by the South and East through Buddhism, flourished from the middle of the 8th Century until the late 14th Century. The Prussian expeditions ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781407306339
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
This volume is an overview of Sarmatian finds previously only published in Soviet/Russian journals and monographs. The author also includes other written sources and discusses the links between them and the work is an advance of the difficult q... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9783700161028
Published by : Austrian Academy of Sciences Press
Series: VERöFFENTLICHUNGEN ZUR SOZIANLANTHROPOLOGIE
Volume: 12
The Old Tibetan Annals contain Tibet's oldest extant history. Primarily a bureaucratic register of events, it is the single most reliable source for the history of the first half of the Tibetan Empire (c. 600-850 CE). This record was maintaine... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9783777422213
Published by : Hirmer Verlag GmbH
The west-Himalaya is one of the most fascinating areas of the world. In no other region is the Tibetan culture preserved in such pristine shape. Illustrated with excellent new photos, this volume gives an insight into more than 1200 years of h... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9783777498607
Published by : Hirmer Verlag GmbH
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ISBN: 9783700165637
Published by : Austrian Academy of Sciences Press
Series: Sitzungsberichte der Phil.-Hist. Klasse
Volume: 782
Joseph Franz Rock (18841962), born in Vienna and later a resident of Hawaii, was well-known as a botanist, geographer, philologist and linguist. From 1922 to 1949 he lived in China, where he studied the language and culture of the Na-khi, a peo... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9788392325918
Published by : Peabody Museum Publications
Series: Eurasian Prehistory
Volume: 5:2
This journal is a joint venture endorsed by the American School of Prehistoric Research at the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology and the Institute of Archaeology at Jagiellonian University in Poland. The aim of this journal is to publ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781931745499
Published by : Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press
Series: Cotsen Advanced Seminar
Volume: 4
There have been edited books on the archaeology of nomadism in various regions, and there have been individual archaeological and anthropological monographs, but nothing with the kind of coverage provided in this volume. Its strength and import... .... Learn More