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Tales of Three Worlds collects, as a sign of gratitude and
affection, a series of papers by many authors who, in different
times, contexts and contingencies, had the luck to meet Sandro
Salvatori, and share with him a path of knowledge and mutual
personal acquaintance. The book is divided in three sections.
Whatever was the apparent relevance of what he was documenting and
protecting, Sandro always acted with a deep sense of personal
responsibility and with the utmost care. The first section deals
with his long years of work in Middle Asia, from the plains of
Sistan to those of the Indus, the coasts of the Omani peninsula and
southern Turkmenistan. Here, as all authors acknowledge, Sandro's
papers have marked true benchmarks of archaeological research -
milestones that will be used by others for many future decades for
new outlines of the social evolution in the involved regions. The
second tells about Sandro's activities in Italy, as an officer of
the Archaeological Superintendency (Ministry of Cultural Heritage)
of his region; for years, he was daily on duty for monitoring and
preserving a wide range of cultural contexts, often far from the
lights of the academic scenarios. Third comes a section on the
prehistory of north-eastern Africa, a context in which Sandro could
work in full scientific and familiar ease, as he was prevented from
doing in other situations. The groundbreaking nature of his work
here is self-evident. The editors and authors of the book know very
well that the sign left by this book is certainly too little for
what Sandro has actually done in our field and in the life of many
friends and colleagues - but the sign is a long-due one, and it is
sincere.
Taking a broad perspective (from Palaeolithic to Post-Medieval and
from pottery to metals) the contributors to this volume discuss the
social organiztion of craft production in the past. Was there a
trend towards increasing specialization as the complexity of the
objects manufactured increased? What was the role of patronage in
encouraging the growth of specialisms? These are all questions
addressed in this volume of papers originally presented at the 3rd
Meeting of the EAA, Ravenna 1997.
In history, this grand arterial 1500-mile waterway was always seen
as the natural frontier between the northern provinces of the
Iranian empires and the outer Turanian lands. It was for centuries
central to Achaemenid and later Persian power. But, as the author
shows, it has a prehistory which goes very much further back: and a
succession of skilled yet still elusive Bronze Age cultures
flourished here well before the rise of Cyrus the Great in the 6th
century BCE. This richly illustrated book explores the fascinating
history, art and archaeology of the region, including its primal
trade in silk and foodstuffs; the mineral wealth of the Oxus basin;
its exotic myths and beliefs; and the converging tribes and peoples
which led to a new stability, economic growth and urbanism. The
volume contains 150 full-colour photographs of notable artefacts,
including silver decorated vessels, inlaid stone pots, agate beads
and 25 'Bactrian Princesses': remarkable statuettes made in
chlorite and limestone. Most of these rare objects have never been
seen, let alone published, before.
Walking with the Unicorn - Jonathan Mark Kenoyer Felicitation
Volume' is an important contribution highlighting recent
developments in the archaeological research of ancient South Asia,
with specific reference to the Indus Civilization. As suggested by
the title, it is a compilation of original papers written to
celebrate the outstanding contributions of Jonathan Mark Kenoyer to
the archaeology of South Asia over the past forty years. Many
interpretations now commonly accepted in the study of the Indus
Civilization are the results of Kenoyer's original insights, which
combine his instinctive knowledge of the indigenous culture with
the groundbreaking application of ethnoarchaeology, experimental
studies and instrumental analyses. The numerous contributions from
international specialists cover central aspects of the
archaeological research on Bronze Age South Asia, as well as of the
neighboring regions. They include socio-economic implications of
craft productions, the still undeciphered Indus script and related
administrative technologies and procedures. The inter-regional
exchanges that allowed the rooting of the Indus culture over a
vaste territory, as well as the subtle regional variations in this
'Harappan veneer' are also studied.
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