Invented in the 19th century as an allegory for large-scale human interaction across Eurasia,
the idea of “the Silk Road” continues to shape archaeological investigations of trade, travel …

Abstract The ancient 'Silk Roads' formed a vast network of trade and exchange that
facilitated the movement of commodities and agricultural products across medieval Central …

While agricultural origins have been recently revised in light of new genetic and
archaeological evidence, parallel synthesis of subsequent developments in agricultural …

From the earliest archaeological investigations along Central Asia's Tien Shan range,
researchers have noted the diversity of highland communities and their participation in …

Five hundred years of desire for cotton has reshaped landscapes, built global economic
commodity chains, and devalued human life in the name of producing cheap clothing. Since …

This paper promotes an explicit study of archaeologies of empire and environment, and
advances theories and methods in environmental archaeology that demonstrate that …

Abstract The incorporation of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) within archaeological
survey strategies over the past several years has broadened the geographical scale of …

Civilizations are as complex as the human relationships that engendered them, and
outlining these relational qualities within open notions of mobility and interaction frames a …

Drawing on archaeobotanical evidence from the central regions of Central Asia, we explore
crop diffusion during the first millennium ce. We present a comprehensive summary of …

Water-driven Palestinian agricultural frontiers: the global ramifications of transforming local
irrigation Julie Trottier1Jeanne PerrierCNRS, FranceUniversité Paul Valéry …