Frozen Tombs of Siberia The Pazyryk Burials of Iron-Age Horsemen de Sergei I. Rudenko - 1970

In the Altai Mountains of western Siberia are frozen remains 2500 years old. "This book makes available, in the first complete English translation, the detailed account, by its Russian discoverer, of one of the most remarkable pieces of archaeology of this century." "First published in Russian, Kultura Naseleniya Gornogo Altaya v Skifskoe Vremya... 1953." Chapters include Valley of Pazyryk & Barrow Congelation; Economy & Way of Life; Clothing & Personal Adornment; Techniques Employed in Working Different Materials; Some Evidence about Social Structure; Art; Religious Beliefs & Rituals; Appendix: Inventory of Articles Found in Pazyryk Barrows; Index, page 333. "The great range of articles... revealed a horsebreeding people living much like the Scythians around the Black Sea... perhaps the most exciting finds were pieces of Chinese silk... and a Persian carpet. An unexpected find was a complete apparatus for inhaling the fumes of Indian hemp." Hardcover; xxxvi, 340, [144] pages, 146 line drawings in… Leer más

Berkeley - Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1970. Illustrated with 146 line drawings in the text, 112 pages of b/w plates and 32 pages of colour plates. 340 pages of text, followed by the plates. Minor wrinkling at the bottom edge of the pages of plates. Text pages are in very good condition; clean and white. Previous owner's name on ffep. Black cloth with silver titles and illustration. Corners lightly bumped. Illustrated DJ with white titles. Spine and edges faded. Small tears and chips on the corners and edges. VG+/VG-. First U.S Edition. Hard Cover. VG+/VG-.