Growing interest in bioarchaeology and its ability to address complex questions tied to social
and biological identities in the past has led to the development of nuanced methods for …

The Xiongnu polity (ca. 200 BC–150 AD) emerged out of indigenous community-centered
socio-political structures to forge a powerful state that commanded the Mongolian steppe …

The processes of human mobility have been well demonstrated to influence the spread of
infectious disease globally in the present and the past. However, to date …

Objectives Contemporary archeological theory emphasizes the economic and social
complexity of Eurasian steppe populations. As a result, old notions of “nomadic” cultures as …

As the first provenance study focusing on Xiongnu nobles and their followers, this study
analyzed eleven human and four animal remains from the Gol Mod 2 cemetery in western …

Bioarchaeological investigations have the potential to identify biological and cultural
resilience among those who have been historically underrepresented in dominant …

Pastoral nomadic regional confederations, states, and empires have assumed a prominent
place in the histories of the Eurasian steppe zone; however, anthropological theory devoted …

The present paper reviews the current stand of Xiongnu archaeology in Inner Asia, including
the various meanings of the Xiongnu ethnonym and the efforts to identify the Xiongnu …

Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope analysis of 15 individuals buried closed to Bayanbulag
site or the Shouxiangcheng fortress in southern Mongolia revealed complex dietary features …

Pastoral nomadic regional confederations, states, and empires have assumed a prominent
place in the histories of the Eurasian steppe zone; however, anthropological theory devoted …