Archaeology of the Eurasian Steppes. Issue 3

Petrenko A.G. Establishment and development of the foundations of cattle breeding in the history of peoples from the Middle Volga region and Pre-Urals (on the basis of archaeological materials). Series “Archaeology of the Eurasian Steppes”, Issue 3 - Kazan: Institute of History, Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tatarstan, 2007, 144 p.

The monograph consists of separate chapters in the form of essays, which present the archaeozoological materials obtained by the author over the past 40 years of scientific studies in the territory of the Middle Volga region and the Cis-Urals. The actual data, summarized for historical periods from the Neolithic to the Late Middle Ages, allowed the author to identify the routes of formation and development of cattle farming activities practiced by the population of the region for seven millennia. The book was prepared as a result of an extensive joint work of archaeologists and osteologists of the region over many years. The publication is intended for archaeologists, historians, ethnographers, biologists, museum workers, students and those interested in history.