Archaeology of the Eurasian Steppes and Mongolia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7635245 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bryan Hanks (0000-0002-9740-8162, University of Pittsburgh, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 469-486 |
| Publication date | 2010-10-21 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Annual Review of Anthropology (BOOK_SERIES) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0084-6570 • E-ISSN: 1545-4290 |
| Publisher | Annual Reviews (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1146/annurev.anthro.012809.105110 |
| OpenAlex | W2112559538 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 49 |
| References cited | 75 |
International interest in the prehistory and archaeology of the Eurasian steppes and Mongolia has increased dramatically since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. This article surveys important new evidence and interpretations that have emerged from several collaborative projects in the past two decades. A particular emphasis is placed on issues that are crucial to regional studies in the steppe ecological zone; however, it also is suggested that steppe prehistory must come to play a more significant role in developing more comprehensive understandings of world prehistory. Key developments connected with the steppe include the diffusion of anatomically modern humans, horse domestication, spoke-wheeled chariot and cavalry warfare, early metal production and trade, Indo-European languages, and the rise of nomadic states and empires. In addition to these important issues, thoughts are offered on some of the current challenges that face archaeological scholarship in this region of the world
Ancient history · Archaeology · Biology · Bronze Age · Domestication · Ethnology · Geography · Political science · Prehistory · Scholarship · Steppe · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Ecology · History · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology · Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
Dietary shift after 3600 cal yr BP and its influencing factors in northwestern China
Reconstructing Equine Bridles in the Mongolian Bronze Age
“I Am From Here”
Linking agriculture and exchange to social developments of the Central Asian Iron Age
Sustainability challenges for the social-environmental systems across the Asian Drylands Belt
Risk and vulnerability of Mongolian grasslands under climate change
Macro-regional interconnections among ancient hunter-gatherers of the Cis-Baikal, Eastern Siberia (Russia)
Inhabiting the central Asian mountains
A bioarchaeological study of osteoarthritis among populations of northern China and Mongolia during the Bronze Age to Iron Age transition to nomadic pastoralism
Horse demography and use in Bronze Age Mongolia
Understanding the prehistory of domestic animals in East and Central Asia through scientific archaeozoology
Landscape archaeology in the Chinese Altai Mountains – Survey of the Heiliutan Basin
Inner Asian polities and their built environment
Emulation and retention
The newly discovered bronze age site of Koken
The Archaeological Study of an Inner Asian Empire
Prehistoric Mongolian Archaeology in the Early 21st Century
Archaeology of the Silk Road
Alternative Complexities
Holocene vegetation cycles, land-use, and human adaptations to desertification in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia
Iron Age pastoral nomadism and agriculture in the eastern Eurasian steppe
Bronze Age diet and economy
Temporal and spatial patterns of domestic horse utilisation in northern China during the pre-Qin period
The nomadic other
Mobile Domiciles of the Eurasian Steppe
Reconstructing the Diet of Kůlna 1 from the Moravian Karst (Czech Republic)
Inner Asian States and Empires
How ‘Pastoral’ is Pastoralism? Dietary Diversity in B ronze A ge C ommunities in the Central K azakhstan Steppes
Stable Isotope Analysis of Human and Faunal Remains in the Western L oess P lateau, Approximately 2000 cal bc
The Sarmatians
Cycles of historical inquiry
Water, dust, and agro-pastoralism
Households without Houses
Stable Isotope Analysis of Human and Animal Remains at the Qijiaping Site in Middle Gansu, China
Human subsistence strategy in the Ordos Plateau, Inner Mongolia, China, during the Qin and Han dynasties
Multiregional Emergence of Mobile Pastoralism and Nonuniform Institutional Complexity across Eurasia
Equine cranial morphology and the identification of riding and chariotry in late Bronze Age Mongolia
The earliest Bronze Age culture of the south-eastern Gobi Desert, Mongolia
[Re]Integrating a dispersed agenda
Migration Concepts in Central Eurasian Archaeology
Life, Health and Death in the Steppe
Mapping human mobility and analyzing spatial memory
Naturally polled bovines and other domestic animals at the ritual site Ovootyn Uzuur 1, Lake Khövsgöl, Mongolia
Nation-Building, gênero e política no Cazaquistão
The Nomad as State Builder
Agriculture in the Central Asian Bronze Age
Straight from the Horse’s Mouth
Exploring linked ecological and cultural tipping points in Mongolia
The Archaeology of Pastoral Nomadism
Pastoralist Landscapes and Social Interaction in Bronze Age Eurasia
The Origins And Spread Of Agriculture And Pastoralism In Eurasia
The Horse, the Wheel, and Language
The Urals and Western Siberia in the Bronze and Iron Ages
The Earliest Horse Harnessing and Milking
A History of Archaeological Thought
Europe's First Farmers
Social Complexity in Prehistoric Eurasia
Archaeology and Language
Recent Archaeological Research in the Khanuy River Valley, Central Mongolia
Copper and Bronze Metallurgy in Late Prehistoric Xinjiang
The Prehistory of the Silk Road
Kurgans, Ritual Sites, and Settlements
Pratiques funéraires et sacrifices d'animaux en Mongolie à la période proto-historique. Du perçu au signifié. A propos d'une sépulture Xiongnu de la vallée d'Egyin Gol (Région péri-Baïkal)
Nationalism, Politics and the Practice of Archaeology
The Making of Bronze Age Eurasia
Ancient China and its Enemies
Hunter-Gatherer Culture Change and Continuity in the Middle Holocene of the Cis-Baikal, Siberia
Arzhan 2
A review of biostratigraphical investigations of palaeolithic localities in the Southern Urals region
Traces of Ancestry, studies in honour of Colin Renfrew
Evaluation of radiocarbon dates from the Middle Holocene hunter-gatherer cemetery Khuzhir-Nuge XIV, Lake Baikal, Siberia
Matrilineal affinities and prehistoric Siberian mortuary practices
The Perilous Frontier
In Search of the Indo-Europeans; Language, Archaeology and Myth
Radiocarbon Chronology of Upper Palaeolithic Sites in Eastern Europe at Improved Resolution
Colonization of Northern Eurasia by Modern Humans
Early Riders
Ancient Interactions
Hinterlands, Urban Centers, and Mobile Settings
Eneolithic horse exploitation in the Eurasian steppes
The emergence of Bronze Age chariots in eastern Europe
The "Microblade Adaptation" and Recolonization of Siberia during the Late Upper Pleistocene
Nomadism, Evolution and World-Systems
Passions about Arkaim
The Bronze Age and Early Iron Age Peoples of Eastern Central Asia
Inhumation and cremation in medieval Mongolia
Palaeoenvironments and economy of Iron Age Saka-Wusun agro-pastoralists in southeastern Kazakhstan
Ancient Inner Asian Nomads
Iron Age society and chronology in South-east Kazakhstan
Towards a refined chronology for the Bronze Age of the southern Urals, Russia
Soviet archaeology in the steppe zone
Upper Palaeolithic fibre technology
Palaeolithic perishables made permanent
The emergence of the Tagar culture
The origins of horseback riding
The Neolithization of Siberia and the Russian Far East
From sheep to (some) horses
Khirigsuurs, ritual and mobility in the Bronze Age of Mongolia
Urban centres and the emergence of empires in Eastern Inner Asia
Studenoe-2 and the origins of microblade technologies in the Transbaikal, Siberia
A Xiongnu cemetery found in Mongolia
Dates Are Not Just Data
Organizational principles of Khirigsuur monuments in the lower Egiin Gol valley, Mongolia
| Unique citing works | 49 |
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| Citations per year | 3,27 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2025 (15) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 49 |