There are actually entire libraries on this subject, although most of the literature is in Russian.

However, there are quite a niúmber of studies in English too, beginning with one by my great-uncle (G. Borovka, Scythian Art, New York 1928), and up to the quickly compiled list below (mostly various articles). As you may notice the Journal "Ancient Civilizations from Scythia to Siberia " contains several - I have not listed all.

I hope this is of some help to begin with - you can follow up the citations in most of those studies.

G. Argent, Do the clothes make the horse? Relationality, roles and statuses in iron Age Inner Asia. World Archaeology 42.2, 2010, pp. 157-174.

K. Chugunov et al., The golden grave from Arzhan. Minerva, Vol. 13, No. 1, January/February 2002, pp. 39 sqq.

Source. Notes in the history of art Vol. X.4, 1991 (Journal volume completely dedicated to Pazyryk)

M. Gleba, You are what you wear: Scythian costume as identity. In: M. Gleba et al. (eds.), Dressing the Past. Oxbow Books, Oxford 2008.

F. T. Hiebert, Pazyryk chronology and early horse nomads reconsidered. Bulletin of the Asia Institute, N.S. 6, 1992, pp. 117-129

J. P. Mallory et al., The Date of Pazyryk. In: K. Boyle, C. Renfrew, M. Levine (eds.), Ancient interactions: east and west in Eurasia. McDonald Institute Monographs. McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research (Cambridge 2002), pp. 199 sqq.

A. K. Narain, The Sakā Haumavargā and the ̉Αμύργιοι: the problem of their identity. Bulletin of the Asia Institute N.S. 1, 1987, S. 27-31

N. V. Polosmak, The Ak-Alakh “Frozen Grave” barrow. Ancient Civilizations from Scythia to Siberia 1.3, 1994, pp. 346 sqq.

V. Semenov & K. Chugnov, New evidence of the Scythian-type culture of Tuva. Ancient Civilizations from Scythia to Siberia 2.3, 1996, pp. 311 sqq.

N. L. Tchlenova, Objects of the Scythian “Animal Style” from the Taiga zone of Siberia. Ancient Civilizations from Scythia to Siberia 3.2-3, 1997, pp. 318 sqq.

Y. V. Vassilkov, Pre-Mauryan “Rattle-Mirrors” with Artistic Designs from Scythian Burial Mounds of the Altai Region in the Light of Sanskrit Sources. ELECTRONIC JOURNAL OF VEDIC STUDIES VOL. 17 (2010), ISSUE 3 (December 5).

Nikolaus, many thanks for this. I am grateful. Some of the references I know, but I was having trouble getting a feel for the most important ones, and I was afraid I would miss somethig important.

Hi Martha, Another book you might find useful is: L. Koryakova & A. V. Epimakhov, The Urals and western Siberia in the Bronze And Iron Ages. Cambridge World Archaeology 2007.

There might also be something in: V. H. Mair (ed.), The Bronze Age and Early Iron Age Peoples of Eastern Central Asia 1&2, Washington D.C. 1998;

and

K. Jones-Bley, D. G. Zdanovich (eds.), Complex Societies of Central Eurasia from the 3rd to the 1st Millennium BC: Regional Specifics in Light of Global Models, 1-2. Journal of Indo-European Studies Monographs 45-46, Washington D.C. 2002. (There could be more in that series)

I might be missing something myself (I also read Russian and German, where a lot has been published), but the most important in English should definitely be mentioned in those cited.

Dear Martha,

I took the liberty to do some researching for you here is what I found at Highline Community College Library. Some are articles, peer reviews of texts and books themselves. I hope it helps. I am sure you can find these at any academic library.

Pazyryk Cultural Literature

Search Results:

On the relationship between inter-individual cultural transmission and population-level cultural diversity: a case study of weaving in Iranian tribal populations

Tehrani, Jamshid J. ; Collard, Mark

Evolution and Human Behavior, 2009, Vol.30(4), pp.286-300.e2 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

Title: The warriors of the steppes: osteological evidence of warfare and violence from Pazyryk tumuli in the Mongolian Altai

Author: Jordana, Xavier ; Galtés, Ignasi ; Turbat, Tsagaan ; Batsukh, D. ; García, Carlos ; Isidro, Albert ; Giscard, Pierre-Henri ; Malgosa, Assumpció

Subjects: Trauma ; Scalping ; Perimortem ; Sharp force ;

Is Part Of: Journal of Archaeological Science, 2009, Vol.36(7), pp.1319-1327

Multifigured Compositions in the Art of the Pazyryk Culture

TRISHINA, I.V.

Anthropology & Archaeology of Eurasia, Spring 2005, Vol.43(4), p.19-48 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

The soul of Mother Russia: Russian Symbols and Pre-Russian Cultural Identity

Haarmann, Harald

Revision, Summer, 2000, Vol.23(1), p.6 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

Iron age society and chronology in South-east Kazakhstan. (Research)

Chang, Claudia ; Benecke, Norbert ; Grigoriev, Fedor P. ; Rosen, Arlene M. ; Tourtellotte, Perry A.

Antiquity, June, 2003, Vol.77(296), p.298(15) [Peer Reviewed Journal]

Books(4)

The Turks in World History

Findley, Carter Vaughn 2005

All The King’s Horse: In Search Of Achaemenid Persian Cavalry by Christopher Tuplin

2010

New Perspectives on Ancient Warfare, 4, p.101-182

Picturing Persian Victory: The Painted Battle Scene On The Munich Wood

Lâtife , Summerer 2007

Achaemenid Culture and Local traditions in Anatolia, Southern Caucasus and Iran, p.3-30

Transport

2007

The Origin of the Indo-Iranians, Chapter Eight, p.107-140

Good Luck,

Becky G.