In temperate Europe, sheep predominantly mate in autumn and lamb in the spring. In
contrast, present-day Mediterranean husbandries practice autumn lambing, with benefits in …

Abstract In central Eurasian archaeology, Soviet-and post-Soviet investigations and more
recent biologically-focused analyses are often subtly presented as two extremes of …

The Bronze Age—Iron Age transition in Central Asia (ca. 800 BCE) was a period of
significant cultural change that was heavily influenced by greater population interaction and …

This study investigates the modes of subsistence practices of a Middle Don Catacomb
Culture community for which archaeological evidence suggests a reliance on seasonal …

Northwestern China is a key region for the exchange of population, commodity, technology,
custom and culture between the east and west part of the Old World since prehistoric times …

Objectives This project is an application of the One Paleopathology approach to the study of
Q fever (C. burnetii infection), a disease which is underdiagnosed and largely unknown in …

The multi-directional translocation of domesticates across Central Asia played a major role
in the past cultural, demographic, and environmental transformations of Eurasia. The …

In this paper, we use preliminary archaeological data spanning the Iron Age through
Medieval periods (ca. 800 BCE to 1200 CE) in the Juuku Valley in Kyrgyzstan on the south …

High-elevation environments present harsh challenges for the pursuit of agropastoral
subsistence strategies and relatively little is known about the mechanisms early …

The territorial expansion of the Han dynasty (202BC–220AD) created sizeable borderlands,
catalyzing interactions between Han military and indigenous communities. At the …