In this paper, we present a history of pastoralism in the ancient Near East from the Neolithic
through the Bronze Age. We describe the accretional development of pastoral technologies …

Southern Central Asia witnessed widespread expansion in urbanism and exchange,
between roughly 2200 and 1500 BC, fostering a new cultural florescence, sometimes …

In this article we re-visit hypotheses about the changing social and environmental
landscapes in southern Central Asia during the late Holocene, specifically giving attention to …

Quadrotor-UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) systems are becoming increasingly ubiquitous in
archaeological field research for the production of digital elevation models and orthophoto …

The iconic minaret of Jām stands in a remote mountain valley in central Afghanistan, the
finest surviving monument of the enigmatic 12th-century Ghūrid dynasty. The re-discovery of …

Abstract Since 1990 the University of Bologna has been invoked in several archaeobgical
projects in Turkmenistan concerning the study of the urban phenomenon in the alluvial fan …

Effects of novel environments on domesticated species Page 1 Effects of novel
environments on domesticated species Edited by Xinyi Liu, Giedre Motuzaite Matuzeviciute …

The oldest evidence for agriculture in the piedmont of the Kopet Dag foothills in
Turkmenistan comes from the Neolithic settlement of Djeitun, dated to approximately 6000 …

In October 2021 a new terrain project of the Czech-Uzbekistani Archaeological Expedition
was launched focusing on the settlement development and past landscape use of the …

Modern Turkmenistan is mainly constituted by a desert landscape, yet despite its harsh
climate, cultures have been able to construct networks of water channels since the Bronze …