Central Asia. Translated from the Russian by James Hogarth by Belenitsky, Aleksandr - 1968

Cleveland and New York: World Publishing Company, 1968. Book. NF. Hardcover. First Edition. Archaeologia Mundi series. 251pp, 2 endpaper maps, 54 illustrations in color (some folding), 89 illustrations in monochrome, synoptic chronological tables, notes, select bibliography, map, index. Tall 8vo/24cm. Grey cloth gilt in protected dj. NF/VG+. A sweeping introduction to the accomplishments of Soviet archeology in their Central Asian republics of Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan illustrated entirely with photographs of relevant artifacts from the collections of the Hermitage Museum in Leningrad. Professor Aleksandr Markovich Belenitsky of the Soviet Academy of Science was an eminent orientalist and archeologist who supervised some of the Russian excavations in Central Asia..