Achaemenid Culture and Local traditions in Anatolia, Southern Caucasus and Iran: New Discoveries [Hardcover]

Askold Ivantchik (Editor), Vakhtang Licheli (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 900416328X | ISBN-13: 978-9004163287 | Publication Date: December 1, 2007

This book contains papers representing the results of the latest research into the relationship between the 'imperial' culture of the Achaemenids and local traditions. Some of them are devoted to the Southern Caucasus, especially to latest archaeological excavations and to investigations into specific categories of archaeological finds. Other articles concern other regions of the Achaemenid world. The article by L. Summerer represents a publication of a unique work of art: the painting on one of the walls of a wooden tomb in Tatarli in Western Anatolia, depicting a battle between Persians and warriors of nomadic (Scythian-Saka) appearance. The article by S. Sajjadi presents readers with the results of interesting research, which has been going on in Sistan.

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About the Author

Askold Ivantchik, Dr. habil. (1996, Fribourg, Swiss), is Directeur de recherche at the CNRS (Bordeaux) and corresponding member of the Russian Academy of sciences (Moscow). His publications include Les Cimmeriens au Proche-Orient (1993), Kimmerier und Skythen (2001) and Am Vorabend der Kolonisation (2005). Vakhtang Licheli, Dr. habil. (1991, Tbilisi, Georgia), is Professor of Archaeology at Tbilisi State University. He has published extensively on archaeology of the Southern Caucasus including Iron Age Colchis and its Early Relations with the Aegean World (2004)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 154 pages
• Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers (December 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 900416328X
• ISBN-13: 978-9004163287
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 6.6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
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