The Golden Deer of Eurasia

The nineteen essays in this book originated from a Metropolitan Museum symposium held in conjunction with the exhibition 'The Golden Deer of Eurasia: Scythian and Sarmatian Treasures from the Russian Steppes' (2000-2001). Texts by prominent scholars include: "The Prehistory of Scythian Cavalry: The Evolution of Fighting on Horseback" by David W. Anthony; "Steppe Nomadic Culture...

The nineteen essays in this book originated from a Metropolitan Museum symposium held in conjunction with the exhibition 'The Golden Deer of Eurasia: Scythian and Sarmatian Treasures from the Russian Steppes' (2000-2001). Texts by prominent scholars include: "The Prehistory of Scythian Cavalry: The Evolution of Fighting on Horseback" by David W. Anthony; "Steppe Nomadic Culture and Political Organization" by Thomas J. Barfield; "Mobility, Art, and Identity in Early Iron Age Europe and Asia" by Peter S. Wells; "The Gold of the Griffins: Recent Excavation of a Frozen Tomb in Kazakhstan" by Henri-Paul Francfort, Giancarlo Ligabue, and Zainullah Samashev; and, "Discovery of the Scythian Royal Burial in Tuva" by Konstantin V. Chugunov, Anatolii Nagler, and Hermann Parzinger.