Inner Asia and the Spatial Politics of Empire : Archaeology, Mobility, and Culture Contact /
William Honeychurch.
- xi, 321 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Chapter 1: Voices from the Steppe -- Chapter 2: Overcoming the Tyranny of Distance: Culture Contact and Politics -- Chapter 3: Solving Contradictions: Nomads and Political Complexity -- Chapter 4: The Heartland of Inner Asia: Mongolia and Steppe Pastoral Nomadism -- Chapter 5: The Late and Final Bronze Age Cultures of Mongolia, 1400-700 BC -- Chapter 6: The Surrounding Bronze Age World: Kazakhstan and South Siberia, 1300-700 BC -- Chapter 7: At the Edge of Inner Asia: The Northern Zone and States of China, 1200-700 BC -- Chapter 8: Nomadic Alternatives: Forming the State on Horseback -- Chapter 9: Not of Place, but of Path: Nomads on the World Stage -- Chapter 10: Steppe Cores, Sedentary Peripheries, and the Statecraft of Empire.