Contents

Introduction
1:Discovering the Scythians
2:Observing the other
3:Landscape and people
4:Enter the predatory nomad
5:The rise of the European Scythians
6:Scythians in Central Asia
7:Bodies clothed in skins: economy and society
8:Bending the bow
9:Death and the gods
10:The flood continues
11:Reflections on the longue durée
Further reading
Index
Introduction
1:Discovering the Scythians
2:Observing the other
3:Landscape and people
4:Enter the predatory nomad
5:The rise of the European Scythians
6:Scythians in Central Asia
7:Bodies clothed in skins: economy and society
8:Bending the bow
9:Death and the gods
10:The flood continues
11:Reflections on the longue durée
Further reading
Index