Hinterlands, Urban Center, and mobile settings: The "new" old world archaeology from the Eurasian steppe

Asian Perspectives

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 36-64

  Honeychurch, William ^a   Amartuvshin, Chunag ^b  

^a SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Mongolia)

Author keywords

Eurasia; Mongolia; Nomadism; Pastoralism; Political economy; Social complexity; Urbanism

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; NOMADIC PEOPLE; PASTORALISM; POLITICAL ECONOMY; SOCIAL HISTORY; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; STEPPE; SUBSISTENCE; URBAN AREA;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; MONGOLIA;

EID: 33947133261     PISSN: 00668435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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