Griffins, Myths and Religion: A review of the archaeological evidence from ancient Greece and the early nomads of Central Asia [PDF]
, 2020 Classical writers have provided us with marvelous tales of strange hybrid creatures known as griffins that dwelt along the peripheries of their known world.
Lymer, Kenneth
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Environmental context and adaptations of prehistoric and early historical occupation in the Southern Altai (SW Siberia–East Kazakhstan) [PDF]
, 2019 The Altai Mountains are well-known for their unique archaeological records, with rich, chronologically sequenced Palaeolithic, Neolithic and the Bronze Age (late fourth–early first millennium BC) sites and, in particular, the Iron Age Scytho-Siberian and
Chlachula, Jiří
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From Three Possible Iron Age World-Systems to a Single Afro-Eurasian World-System
, 2010 International audienceThe brutal collapse of the Late Bronze Age western world-system around 1200 B.C. and of the Shang state in China at the end of the first millennium B.C.
Beaujard, Philippe
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Calibration curves and the chronology of key monuments at Sayan-Altai [PDF]
, 2021 Studies of the chronology of the elite barrows at Sayan-Altai are of a great importance for the determination of the origin and development of the cultures of the Scythian period.
Dergachev, V.A. +5 more
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The Parade Hatchet-Klevets from Old Nisa (A Contribution to the Study of the Combat Hatchets and Their Cult in Ancient Central Eurasia) [PDF]
, 2013 This article deals with a pick-klevets made of partially gilt silver, which was uncovered in 1950 in the so-called “Treasure-house” of the fortified Parthian royal residence known nowadays as Old Nisa (formerly Mithradatkirt) in Southern Turkmenistan ...
Nikonorov, Valerii P.
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The Characteristics, Distribution, Function, and Origin of Alternative Lateral Horse Gaits. [PDF]
Animals (Basel), 2023 Vincelette A.
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Re-evaluating Scythian lifeways: Isotopic analysis of diet and mobility in Iron Age Ukraine. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2021 Ventresca Miller AR +11 more
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Contatti antichissimi fra area germanica e area iranica [PDF]
, 2008 Dopo alcune considerazioni di metodo su quella che si ptrebbe chiamare la “linguistica nomadica” e dopo una presentazione delle fonti e, soprattutto, del contesto storico-geografico entro cui si potrebbero essere avuti contatti fra area germanica e area ...
Mancini, Marco
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Expanding the corpus of the earliest Scythian animal-style artefacts [PDF]
The Scytho-Siberian ‘animal style’ encapsulates a broad artistic tradition, which was widespread across the Eurasian Steppe in the first millennium BC, but the scarcity of secure contexts limits the exploration of temporal and regional trends.
Blochin, J. +3 more
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Genetic Affinities and Adaptation of the South-West Coast Populations of India. [PDF]
Genome Biol Evol, 2023 Kumar L +5 more
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