Tehran: Center for the Study of Central Asia and the Caucasus, 2000. Articles include: Russia and the Crisis of Northern Caucasus; Karabakh Crisis: Developments; The Challenge of US Caspian Sea Oil Policy; Oil Pollution in the Caspian Sea; An Overview of Linguistic Issues in the Azerbaijan Republic; A Look at..... More
Cambridge, MA: Peabody Museum, 1968. 233 black and white plates plus tables and figures. Russian Translation Series of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University Vol. III No. 2. 26 papers on the physical characteristics of in the inhabitants of Central Asia and the Caucasus. Plates are "mug..... More
Karachi: Oxford University Press, 1977. Uncommon. With folding maps. "The author describes and analyzes the social and economic structures of tribal society [of Pakistan and Afghanistan] tracing, developing and explaining the customs and codes of Paktunwali ('the way of the Pathans') … This is the first authoritative work on the..... More
Ann Arbor: University of Michigan, 1973. 48 tables 19 figures 13 black and white plates. University of Michigan Museum of Anthropology Monograph no. 52. Includes discussion on rug making and the production of herds. This "valuable study is a quantitatively documented account of the Yoruk of southeastern Turkey as they..... More
Jerusalem: The Israel Museum, 1998. 94 color plates 31 black and white. Museum exhibition catalog with chapters on costume and jewelry. More
Cambridge MA: Peabody Museum, 1966. Russian Translation Series of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University Vol. III, No. 1. Many maps, charts and tables, and black and white figures and line drawings. Extensive writings on the paleolithic sites in the USSR, Andronovo culture, Kelteminar culture, hunting and..... More
Geneva: International Labour Office, 1987. No illustrations. "Gunseli Berik's careful analysis of the carpet industry and the subordinate position of women weavers provides a vivid illustration of the limitations of certain of certain forms of employment on women's autonomy and status". -Publisher. More
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Cambridge MA: Peabody Museum, 1960. Russian Translation Series of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University Vol. 1, No. 2. Many maps, charts and tables. Discussions on the characteristics of Georgians, Daghestanis, Avars, Lezghians, Kazakhs, and the forest tribes of the Altai. More
Uppsala: Studia Ethnographica Upsaliensia, XXXVI, 1972. More
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Graz: Akadem Druck- u. Verlagsanst, 1978. 40 color plates 41 black and white. GWO 1543. Some felts, reed screen in background of illustrations. German text. More
London/New York: Routledge, 2002. 49 black and white plates 56 black and white figures 13 tables. "Through a richly detailed examination of the practices of spinning yarn from the fleece of llamas and alpacas, Earth, Water, Fleece and Fabric explores the relationship that herders of the present and of the..... More
Bangkok: Sangdad Publishing Co, 1989. 165 color illustrations and 2 maps. A history of the Chiang Mai region and the culture, attire, language, housing, ceremonies, and beleifs of the tribes including the Iu Mien, Karen, Akha, Lahu, Hmong, and Lisu. More
Lanham: University Press of America, 1998. 26 black and white illustrations. "This book provides a window to the life and culture of the Kazakh people who live in China. The work summarizes Kazakh political history, social organization, ethnographical aspects of nomadism, linguistics, and Chinese national policy. To this array of..... More
Hamburg: Reinhold Schletzer Verlag, 1979. 1 line drawing. GWO 2788. German translation of Russian works. Ponomorev on Turkoman weaving techniques, Karpov on genealogy and Tichonovitsch on Turkoman culture. More
London: Hali Publications Ltd, 2014. Hundreds of color plates. This is not about the tribal textile as in Tanavoli's other books. "SOFREH: The Art of Persian Celebration is a journey in words and images through the culture of Persian celebrations. Never before have the splendour and beauty of these ancient..... More
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Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, 1962. 16 black and white. GWO 1585. A detailed study of the life and economy of this Central Asian Turkman tribe. "Konig’s study is in part based on library materials and in part on fieldwork. He has examined the economy and society of one group, the Teke, living..... More
Bloomington: Indiana University, 1963 (1971). Two folding maps. Vol. 26 of the Uralic and Altaic series from Indiana University. Comprehensive and scholarly. Third edition. More
Richmond, Surrey: Curzon, 1998. "This work offers a study of the second largest ethnic groups in Afghanistan: the Hazaras. Largely Shi'ia by religion and Farsi-speaking, they traditionally inhabited Central Afghanistan, although were scattered across the country and into neighbouring countries as a result of the war. The Hazaras have recently..... More
New York: AMS Press, 1959 (1971). 24 black and white plates. Reprint of the Harvard University, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Russian Translation Series Vol. 1 No. 1. An archaeological investigation of the Central Asian region from the Upper Paleolithic to the first centuries AD. Includes discussion of the..... More
Cambridge: Peabody Museum, 1964. 135 black and white plus charts. Important three volume set of this 1927-1929 Russian study. Published as a part of the Russian Translation Series of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology Volume 2 Numbers 1, 2, 3. More
Cambridge: Peabody Museum, 1964. 135 black and white plus charts. Russian study, 1927-1929. Published as a Russian translation series of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology Volume 2 Number 3. More
New York: Robert Pittenger, 2003. Map. Baluch references from the Perso-Afghan borderlands gleaned from books and journals mostly from 1800-1920. Covers rug weaving tribes between Sistan in the south and Herat and Masad in the north. Numbered and limited second printing. More
Los Angeles: Lois Rose Rose, 2005. 87 color plates 12 images of textiles. "Found on ancient mosaics, African crowns, Central Asian rugs, and Celtic amulets, mankind's first sacred symbol is documented with witty text and eighty-seven elegant color images. No expedition was mounted, no tenure track followed, but for twenty..... More
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Berlin: Reimer, 1992. 21 color plates, 15 black and white. GWO 1638. Ethnological study of the Turkoman based on field research with discussion of design motifs. Includes an extensive bibliography and glossary. German text. More
Fremont, CA: John L. Sommer, 1996. 27 color plates 50 photographs. Pioneering English language study of this type of Central Asian yurt decoration using many obscure Russian sources. "Reed Screens - basic furnishings of the Kyrgyz nomad's yurt - are made of tall grass stems, wrapped with dyed but unspun..... More
