Frontmatter -- Contents -- From the Author -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: History of Research and the Most Important Publications / Gołębiowska-Tobiasz, Aneta -- Chapter 2: Outline of the Genesis of Anthropomorphic Stelae. Cult Places / Gołębiowska-Tobiasz, Aneta -- Chapter 3: Territorial and Chronological Scope of Polovtsians Stelae / Gołębiowska-Tobiasz, Aneta -- Chapter 4: Typological Systems / Gołębiowska-Tobiasz, Aneta -- Chapter 5: Collection in the Veliko-Anadol Forest Museum / Gołębiowska-Tobiasz, Aneta ; Burzak, Michał -- Chapter 6: The issue of Preservation and Protection of Monumental Anthropomorphic Stelae in Eastern Europe. Condition of Stelae After Conservation / Burzak, Michał ; Gołębiowska-Tobiasz, Aneta -- Chapter 7: Remarks on the Status of Stelae in Countries of Eastern Europe. Research and Popularisation Postulates / Gołębiowska-Tobiasz, Aneta ; Burzak, Michał -- Bibliography -- List of Figures -- Index of the Geographical and Ethnic Names -- Index of Historical Persons.

The book presents a case study of analysis and conservation of the collection of Cuman sculpture of the Veliko-Anadol Forest Museum. The author provides an insight into the phenomenon of anthropomorphic sculptures, pertaining to the recent wave of Turkic nomads, from the perspective of archaeology and culture heritage conservation.

Aneta Go??biowska-Tobiasz, Independent Researcher, Cracow, Poland.

In English.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed May 26, 2011).

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