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Vladimir Ionesov has broken new ground with the findings and production of this book. For a long time we have awaited a systematic analysis of the Bactrian archaeological record, especially from what we may call the pre-dawn of history. . . . now that we have Ionesovs assessments of excavated findings we gain a much better sense of how urban (or fortress-city) life developed out of small-scale traditional societies. . . . The implications of Bactrias unearthed treasures for plotting these processes in the Middle East and Central Asia more generally are immense, allowing for a much better comprehension of the rise of he greater Mesopotamian city-states. . . He has established himself as an internationally reputed theorist of imitative ritual and he now enhances that standing further. In the light of the above, this book turns out to be a crucial text on archaic or, to be more precise, late bronze age religion. . . . I heartily recommend this volume to interested readers, who should include Indologists, Iranologists, and scholars in early Zoroastrianism, prehistorians, and classical archaeologists, as well as theorists and practitioners of comparative religion. Gary W. Trompf
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