Almost a century of systematic anthropological research on pastoral nomads has produced
significant data and theory for understanding these mobile societies. Substantially less …

Summary The Eastern Eurasian Steppe was home to historic empires of nomadic
pastoralists, including the Xiongnu and the Mongols. However, little is known about the …

Dental calculus (calcified dental plaque) is prevalent in archaeological skeletal collections
and is a rich source of oral microbiome and host-derived ancient biomolecules. Recently, it …

There has been a great increase in archaeological research in Mongolia since 2000.
Increasingly precise chronologies, regional studies, and the growth of development-driven …

An introduction to the range of factors that affect the composition and condition of human
bone assemblages recovered from archaeological contexts, with discussion of the …

The adoption of the horse for chariots, wagons and riding had a major impact on human
societies, but it has proved difficult to reliably identify early domesticated horses in the …

Abstract Theory on nomadic political complexity has largely been based on twentieth
century ethnography and numerous historical accounts of the military confederations of …

Archaeological horse remains from Mongolia's late Bronze Age Deer Stone-Khirigsuur
(DSK) culture present some of the oldest direct radiocarbon dates for horses in northeast …

Objectives Dental calculus is among the richest known sources of ancient DNA in the
archaeological record. Although most DNA within calculus is microbial, it has been shown to …

This paper presents new archaeozoological evidence for horse pastoralism and transport in
Mongolia's Deer Stone–Khirigsuur (DSK) Complex (circa 1300–700 BCE). As both livestock …