Abstract The highlands of Central Asia played a crucial role in cultural development across
the later Holocene, serving to foster the diffusion of cultural elements by late prehistoric …

This paper presents archaeobotanical research results from an occupation horizon of the
Chap II site left by the earliest known farming community in the Central Tien Shan mountains …

The Dzungar Basin of northern Xinjiang has previously been considered a marginal
environment with little evidence for the development of prehistoric agriculture. Recent …

To reconstruct population dynamics in Taiwan between 5000 and 100 cal BP, we analysed
spatial-temporal changes in archaeological site abundance and size (area). The results …

Famous for Taklimakan, the world's second largest sandy desert, the Tarim Basin in Xinjiang
has long attracted researchers from various fields to investigate its paleoenvironment and …

Obsihir-5 holds some of the earliest evidence for the utilization of livestock in the
mountainous regions of Central Asia. However, direct evidence of herding is lacking at the …

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

Archaeological, botanical, and faunal data from across the Inner Asian Mountains have
revealed a range of agricultural and pastoral adaptations to environments previously …