Archaeology of the Eurasian steppes and Mongolia

Annual Review of Anthropology

Volumn 39, Issue , 2010, Pages 469-486

  Hanks, Bryan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

complex societies; horse domestication; pastoralism; steppe empires; warfare

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; ARCHAEOLOGY; DOMESTICATION; HORSE; PASTORALISM; STEPPE;

EURASIA; MONGOLIA; USSR;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 77958014945     PISSN: 00846570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.anthro.012809.105110     Document Type: Article

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