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Mapping Mongolia : Situating Mongolia in the World from Geologic Time to the Present /

With its small population and low GDP, Mongolia is frequently deemed "unique" or tacked onto various area studies programs: Inner Asia, Central Asia, Northeast Asia, or Eurasia. This volume is a response to the concern that countries such as Mongolia are marginalized when academia and inte...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Sabloff, Paula L. W. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, ©2011.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. Global Cultural Studies.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Contents; Figures; Tables; Contributors; Foreword; Preface and Acknowledgments: "- Scaping" Mongolia; Theorizing Mongolia's Connections; 1. General Comments on Mapping Mongolia and Mongol Studies; 2."- Scaping" Mongolia; 3. Mapping and the Headless State: Rethinking National Populist Concepts of Mongolia; 4. Is There Such a Thing as Central/Inner (Eur)Asia and Is Mongolia a Part of It?; Extending Beyond Current Borders; 5. The Geology, Climate, and Ecology of Mongolia; 6. Nomadic Pastoralism in Mongolia and Beyond.
  • 7. The Prehistory of Mongolian Populations as Revealed by Studies of Osteological, Dental, and Genetic Variation8. Mapping Ritual Landscapes in Bronze Age Mongolia and Beyond: Unraveling the Deer Stone-Khirigsuur Enigma; Connecting to Other Polities; 9. Timescapes from the Past: An Archaeogeography of Mongolia; 10. Steppe Nomads as a Philosophical Problem in Classical China; 11. Mapping Foreign Policy Interests: Mongolia's Case; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z.