TY  - BOOK
AU  - Vidale,Massimo
AU  - Ricciardi,Valerio
TI  - Treasures from the Oxus: the art and civilization of Central Asia 
SN  - 9781838609764
AV  - DS328 .V53 2017eb
U1  - 939/.6 23
PY  - 2017///
CY  - London
PB  - I.B. Tauris
KW  - HISTORY
KW  - Ancient
KW  - General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Antiquities
KW  - fast
KW  - Archäologie
KW  - gnd
KW  - Bronzezeit
KW  - Funde
KW  - Kultur
KW  - Asia, Central
KW  - Amu Darya
KW  - History
KW  - Asie centrale
KW  - Histoire
KW  - Asia
KW  - Central Asia
KW  - Amu-Darja-Gebiet
KW  - Baktrien
KW  - Margiana
KW  - Oxus-Tempel
KW  - Tacht-e Sangin
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Map on lining papers; Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-215) and index; The rise of a system of power -- Unbroken evolution -- The elites in life and death -- Contacts with other regions and the Indus -- Intricacy of craft technologies -- Shadows of lost beliefs -- Form of government, administration, writing -- Collapse -- The mysterious 'Bactrain princesses' -- On the tracks of a 'man-dragon': the balafrés
N2  - In history, this grand arterial 1500-mile waterway was always seen as the natural frontier between the northern provinces of the Iranian empires and the outer Turanian lands. It was for centuries central to Achaemenid and later Persian power. But, as the author shows, it has a prehistory which goes very much further back: and a succession of skilled yet still elusive Bronze Age cultures flourished here well before the rise of Cyrus the Great in the 6th century BCE. This richly illustrated book explores the fascinating history, art and archaeology of the region, including its primal trade in silk and foodstuffs; the mineral wealth of the Oxus basin; its exotic myths and beliefs; and the converging tribes and peoples which led to a new stability, economic growth and urbanism. The volume contains 150 full-colour photographs of notable artefacts, including silver decorated vessels, inlaid stone pots, agate beads and 25 'Bactrian Princesses': remarkable statuettes made in chlorite and limestone. Most of these rare objects have never been seen, let alone published, before
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