Persia II
By: [by] Vladimir G. Lukonin. Translated from the Russian by James Hogarth. 76 illustrations in colour; 141 illustrations in black and white
Series: Archaeologia mundi
Publisher: World Publishing Co.
Published: 1967
Place of publication: Cleveland; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 232
Subjects: Antiquities
Description: Illustrated archeological and historical survey of the life and culture of Persia from 323 B.C. to the seventh century A.D.
Notes: Includes index.

Bibliography : p. 207-[212].
Table of contents: title: The historical background; title: Political developments; title: The social and economic context; title: The towns; title: The imperial domain and conditional ownership of land; title: Private property; the commune; slave-owning; title: The contribution of archaeology; title: Archaeologists and excavators; title: Some great names; title: The main Hellenistic sites; title: Dura-Europos and Mesopotamia; title: Merv and Nisa; title: Sites in Afghanistan and Pakistan; title: Investigations in Persia; title: Sassanian sites; title: Methods of investigation; title: The study of coins; title: Coins as dynastic propaganda: Varahran and Narseh; title: Coins and chronology: the problem of the Kushans; title: Other uses of coins; title: The study of seals; title: The "official portrait"; title: The problem of the Sassanian Bullae; title: Rock carvings; title: Toreutic art; title: Prospects for the future; title: The pattern of Hellenistic civilisation; title: The Parthian contribution; title: Syncretism and "universal religions"; title: The problems of Zoroastrianism; title: The genesis of Sassanian art; title: Images of divinity; title: Ideology and politics.