V monografii vpervye na osnove analiza arkheologicheskikh materialov iz pamyatnikov Tsentral"nogo Predkavkaz"ya i svedeniy antichnykh avtorov islledkyutsya protsessy vzaimodeystviya avtokhtonnoy i kochevoy kul"tur v V v. do n.e. - nach. I v. n.e., ikh rezul"taty i znacheniya v istoricheskikh sud"bakh naseleniya Severnogo Kavkaza i Stepi v skifskiy i rannesarmatskiy periody. Bol"shoe vnimanie udelyaetsya roli vazhneyshchikh transkavkazskikh putey v razvitii etnopoliticheskikh i ekonomicheskikh svyazey regiona.Adresovana nauchnym rabotnikam, studentam, shirokomu krugu chitateley.