A Central Asian village at the dawn of civilization, excavations at Anau, Turkmenistan / Fredrik T. Hiebert with Kakamurad Kurbansakhatov ; foreword by Robert H. Dyson, Jr. ; and contributions from Hubert Schmidt [and others]

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hiebert, Fredrik T. (Fredrik Talmage)
Other Authors: Kurbansakhatov, K. (Kakamurad), Schmidt, Hubert
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, ©2003.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:University Museum monograph ; 116.
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Table of Contents:
  • Anau North, an introduction
  • The settlement history of Central Asia in the village period
  • The history of investigations at Anau North
  • 1997 excavations
  • Radiocarbon chronology
  • Ceramic complexes of Anau North and relative chronology
  • Small finds from Anau North
  • Architecture at Anau North
  • Burials
  • The use of plants at Anau North
  • Microscopic analysis of soils from Anau North
  • Animal herding, hunting, and the history of animal domestication at Anau Depe
  • Prehistoric behavior at Anau North
  • The evolution of the settlement at Anau North
  • 1904 excavations at Anau North
  • Catalogue of small finds from the 1904 excavations
  • Botanical data from the 1997 excavations
  • A basketry/textile impression from Anau North.