TY - BOOK ID - 3482788 TI - The Hellenistic far East : archaeology, language, and identity in Greek Central Asia AU - Mairs, Rachel AU - University of California Press PY - 2014 VL - *16 SN - 9780520281271 0520281276 PB - Berkeley ; Los Angeles ; London University of California Press DB - UniCat KW - Excavations (Archaeology) KW - Cities and towns, Ancient KW - Garrisons KW - Group identity KW - Social archaeology KW - Fouilles (Archéologie) KW - Villes antiques KW - Garnisons KW - Identité de groupe KW - Archéologie sociale KW - History KW - Histoire KW - Asia, Central KW - Ay Khanom (Afghanistan) KW - Bactria KW - Asie Centrale KW - Bactriane KW - Antiquities. KW - Languages KW - Antiquités KW - Langues KW - Fouilles (Archéologie) KW - Identité de groupe KW - Archéologie sociale KW - Ay Khānom (Afghanistan) KW - Antiquités KW - History. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:3482788 AB - "In the aftermath of Alexander the Great's conquests in the late fourth century BC, Greek garrisons and settlements were established across Central Asia, through Bactria (modern-day Afghanistan) and into India. Over the next three hundred years, these settlements evolved into multiethnic, multilingual communities as much Greek as they were indigenous. To explore the lives and identities of the inhabitants of the Graeco-Bactrian and Indo-Greek kingdoms, Rachel Mairs marshals a variety of evidence, from archaeology, to coins, to documentary and historical texts. Looking particularly at the great city of Ai Khanoum, the only extensively excavated Hellenistic period urban site from Central Asia, Mairs explores how these ancient people lived, communicated, and understood themselves. Significant and original, The Hellenistic Far East will highlight Bactrian studies as an important part of our understanding of the ancient world"-- ER -