A new book edited by Davis Kimball, Bashilov and Yablonsky focuses on the Scythian, Sauromatian, Sarmatian and Sake Early Nomads who inhabited the Eurasian steppes in the 1st millennium BC from southern Russia, through Kazakhstan and southern Siberia, and as far east as western Mongolia. The essays, written by ten of the foremost archaeologist from the Institute of Archaeology, Russian Academy of Sciences, present a survey of archaeological excavations conducted primarily between 1960 and 1990.

The overwhelming majority of the material, including the illustrations, have never been published in English before. The book is hardcover, 443 pp. 490 illustrations, 19 maps, 32 pp bibliography and sells for $48.50 from: Zinat Press, Berkeley, California.