Denis Sharapov

Middle to Late Bronze Age Transition in the Southern Urals (Russia):

A Settlement Pattern Perspective

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This monograph focuses on the transitional period between the Middle Bronze Age (MBA) and the Late Bronze Age (LBA) in the Southern Urals, Russia. GIS-based analysis of Bronze Age settlement patterns in the Kyzil Area points to a number of important findings. The study concludes the demographic impossibility of an autonomous development scenario of the Sintashta Srubnaya-Alakul cultural transformation, rejects the presence of proto-city or urbanization developments in the region during the Bronze Age, and points to the shift to a more collective form of control over natural resources during the LBA period. The study also examines the spatial distribution of kurgan cemeteries in the area. Among other things, this thesis illustrates how settlement pattern studies can add to and complement the heavily burial data - driven research, often relied upon in the archaeological analysis of the Eurasian Steppes.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 136
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Dezember 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 150mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 221g
• ISBN-13: 9783847316978
• ISBN-10: 3847316974
• Artikelnr.: 34652123

Autorenporträt

Denis Sharapov is a Kazakhstan native, currently pursuing a PhD degree in Archaeology from the University of Pittsburgh, U.S.A. His research deals with the emergence of social complexity among the Bronze/Iron Age populations of the Eurasian steppes.