673 Art of Central Asia

Lectures (in PDF format*) :

Lecture 01: Introduction to the Course and Central Asian Geography

Lecture 02: Defining Characteristics of the Nomadic Cultures

Lecture 03: The Archetypical Site Pazyryk

Lecture 04: Arzhan II

Supplement 1: Felt-making

Supplement 2: Yurt Assembly

Lecture 5 : Altai, Sarmatians, Scyths

Lecture 6 : Scythians and Thracians

Lecture 7: Xiong nu & Yuezhi

Lecture 9: Geography of the Silk Route: Bamiyan and Fondukistan

Lecture 10: Fondukistan

Lecture 11: West End of the North Route

Lecture 12: Qizil

Lecture 13: Dunhuang Mogao Part One: Up to the Late 16th Century

Lecture 14: Dunhuang Mogao Part Two: To the Song Dynasty

Lecture 15: Dunhuang Mogao Part Three: Flourishing Tang to the Yuan Dynasty

Lecture 16: Khotan and Miran



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