Title: Scythian gold : treasures from ancient Ukraine /
Authors: Reeder, Ellen D.; Jacobson, Esther.; Walters Art Gallery (Baltimore, Md.); San Antonio Museum of Art
Publisher: Harry Abrams in association with the Walters Art Gallery and the San Antonio Museum of Art,
Year: 1999
Subjects: Muzeĭ istorychnykh koshtovnosteĭ Ukraïnsʹkoï RSR Exhibitions.; Instytut arkheolohiï (Nat︠s︡ionalʹna akademii︠a︡ nauk Ukraïny) Exhibitions.; Muzeĭ istorychnykh koshtovnosteĭ Ukraïny Exhibitions.; Goldwork, Scythian Exhibitions.; Decoration and ornament Animal forms Exhibitions.; Goldwork Ukraine Kiev Exhibitions.
Abstract: "Scythian Gold and the exhibition it accompanies, "Gold of the Nomads: Scythian Treasures from Ancient Ukraine," present the most important Scythian gold objects in Ukraine, many of which were discovered only in the last two decades. This exhibition and catalogue combine an analysis of these pieces with an overview of recent advances in our understanding of Scythian culture."--BOOK JACKET.
Contents: Foreword / Gary Vikan, Gerry Scott III and Serhii Chaikovs'kyi / [and others] -- Preface / Ellen D. Reeder -- Satellite Map of Eastern Europe and Central Asia -- Essays. Scythia and the Scythians / Lada Onyshkevych. Scythian Art / Ellen Reeder. Early Nomadic Sources for Scythian Art / Esther Jacobson. The Workshop of the Gorytos and Scabbard Overlays / Michael Treister. Burial Mounds of the Scythian Aristocracy in the Northern Black Sea Area / P.P. Tolochko and S.V. Polin. A Short Note on Scythians in the History of Ukraine / V.I. Murzin. Scythian Culture in the Central Dnipro Areas / Tetiana Bohush and Halyna Buzian. The National Museum of the History of Ukraine. The Iron Age Collection / Svitlana Korets'ka and Liudmyla Strokova. Scythian Gold in the Museum of Historical Treasures / Olena Pidvysots'ka -- The Catalogue. Bratoliubivs'kyi Kurhan. Babyna Mohyla. Soboleva Mohyla -- Maps: Civilizations of the Ancient World, Excavation Sites of Objects in the Exhibition -- Selected Ancient Sources Relating to Scythians.