Elizabeth Baker Brite
Biographic Data
| ID | 376319 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Elizabeth Baker Brite |
| GIVEN NAMES | Elizabeth Baker |
| FAMILY NAME | Brite |
| SIGNATURE | BRITE E B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Purdue University West Lafayette |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5859-3377 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 30 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Refashioning Origins in the Anthropocene II: Facing Hyperobjects as Pedagogical Practice
Educational reform may play an important role in transforming ontological thinking in the Anthropocene. While many critical and environmental pedagogies utilize reflection and writing to bring about a greater ecological awareness in students, dark pedagogy specifically advocates using these practices to help students explore the partially unseen, non-human “other” in their lived experiences. More than an ecological awareness, dark pedagogy facili…
[Re]Integrating a dispersed agenda: Advancing archaeological research in Central Eurasia
Amid resurgent geopolitical fissures and in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic, there is a growing awareness in the sector of the need for, and concern about, national and international collaboration in archaeological projects. This article reflects on present-day challenges for international collaboration in central Eurasian archaeology and furthers a much-needed discussion about (re)integrating local narratives with inter-regional trends in…
The Agro-pastoralism debate in Central Eurasia: Arguments in favor of a nuanced perspective on socio-economy in archaeological context
Refashioning Origins in the Anthropocene: Reflections on Pedagogical Practice
This contribution to Anthropocenes Interventions brings together the narrative accounts of five undergraduate students frm the Purdue University John Martinson Honors College (JMHC) enrolled in the course HONR 39900: The Anthropocene in fall 2021. The students' starting point for writing was Erle Ellis' commentary about human origins, which he identifies as narratives deeply challenged by the Anthropocene; in rewriting the role of humanity on pla…
The Origins of the Apple in Central Asia
Abu Muslim qala: An iron-production site along Central Asia's medieval north-south trade routes
Archaeological remains at a religious site dedicated to a Yasawiyya Sufi saint reveal a possible centre of iron production along the trade routes connecting the medieval urban centres of Central Asia
The hydrosocial empire: The Karakum River and the Soviet conquest of Central Asia in the 20th century
Millet cultivation in Central Asia: A response to Miller et al
In a recent special issue of The Holocene , Miller et al. review the evidence for the spread of millet ( Panicum miliaceum and Setaria italica ) across Eurasia. Among their arguments, they contend that millet cultivation came to Eurasian regions with hot, dry summers when irrigation was introduced, as part of a region-wide shift toward agricultural intensification in the first millennium BC. This hypothesis seems to align with the pattern of agri…
Kara-tepe, Karakalpakstan: Agropastoralism in a Central Eurasian Oasis in the 4th/5th century A.D. Transition
This paper reports on the results of archaeological field excavations at the site of Kara-tepe, in the semi-autonomous region of Karakalpakstan in northwestern Uzbekistan. Investigations at the site in 2008–2009 turned up an unusually rich assemblage of remains from a household context. Combined analysis of the household botanical and faunal remains has allowed us to reconstruct the agropastoral practices of local inhabitants in this oasis region…
Irrigation in the Khorezm oasis, past and present: A Political Ecology Perspective
The Khorezm oasis sits at the epicenter of an environmental disaster. Since the late 19th century, the continual expansion of irrigation in this region has altered the natural hydrology of the Amu Darya delta, leading to widespread desertification and the near total disappearance of the world's fourth largest lake, the Aral Sea. The situation is widely acknowledged as an environmental catastrophe of unprecedented scale, and yet it is not the firs…
Colour in Context: Status Indicators and Elite Dress in Pre-Islamic Central Asia
Colour in the archaeological record is a critical yet often understudied category of inquiry. In this paper, we explore how the use of colour in monumental art can be used to analyse cultural markers of status. The primary focus of this analysis is the colour on the costume of a group of bust figures in a late first millennium painted gallery at the site of Akchakhan-kala, in ancient Khorezm, Uzbekistan. Analysis reveals that the selection of col…
Public versus Private: Perspectives on the Communication of Power in Ancient Chorasmia
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Environmental change, agricultural innovation, and the spread of cotton agriculture in the Old World
Millet cultivation in Central Asia: A response to Miller et al
In a recent special issue of The Holocene , Miller et al. review the evidence for the spread of millet ( Panicum miliaceum and Setaria italica ) across Eurasia. Among their arguments, they contend that millet cultivation came to Eurasian regions with hot, dry summers when irrigation was introduced, as part of a region-wide shift toward agricultural intensification in the first millennium BC. This hypothesis seems to align with the pattern of agri…
Kara-tepe, Karakalpakstan: Agropastoralism in a Central Eurasian Oasis in the 4th/5th century A.D. Transition
This paper reports on the results of archaeological field excavations at the site of Kara-tepe, in the semi-autonomous region of Karakalpakstan in northwestern Uzbekistan. Investigations at the site in 2008–2009 turned up an unusually rich assemblage of remains from a household context. Combined analysis of the household botanical and faunal remains has allowed us to reconstruct the agropastoral practices of local inhabitants in this oasis region…
Colour in Context: Status Indicators and Elite Dress in Pre-Islamic Central Asia
Colour in the archaeological record is a critical yet often understudied category of inquiry. In this paper, we explore how the use of colour in monumental art can be used to analyse cultural markers of status. The primary focus of this analysis is the colour on the costume of a group of bust figures in a late first millennium painted gallery at the site of Akchakhan-kala, in ancient Khorezm, Uzbekistan. Analysis reveals that the selection of col…
The Agro-pastoralism debate in Central Eurasia: Arguments in favor of a nuanced perspective on socio-economy in archaeological context
The Origins of the Apple in Central Asia
Irrigation in the Khorezm oasis, past and present: A Political Ecology Perspective
The Khorezm oasis sits at the epicenter of an environmental disaster. Since the late 19th century, the continual expansion of irrigation in this region has altered the natural hydrology of the Amu Darya delta, leading to widespread desertification and the near total disappearance of the world's fourth largest lake, the Aral Sea. The situation is widely acknowledged as an environmental catastrophe of unprecedented scale, and yet it is not the firs…
[Re]Integrating a dispersed agenda: Advancing archaeological research in Central Eurasia
Amid resurgent geopolitical fissures and in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic, there is a growing awareness in the sector of the need for, and concern about, national and international collaboration in archaeological projects. This article reflects on present-day challenges for international collaboration in central Eurasian archaeology and furthers a much-needed discussion about (re)integrating local narratives with inter-regional trends in…
Public versus Private: Perspectives on the Communication of Power in Ancient Chorasmia
A summary is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content.
Environmental change, agricultural innovation, and the spread of cotton agriculture in the Old World
Colour in Context: Status Indicators and Elite Dress in Pre-Islamic Central Asia
Colour in the archaeological record is a critical yet often understudied category of inquiry. In this paper, we explore how the use of colour in monumental art can be used to analyse cultural markers of status. The primary focus of this analysis is the colour on the costume of a group of bust figures in a late first millennium painted gallery at the site of Akchakhan-kala, in ancient Khorezm, Uzbekistan. Analysis reveals that the selection of col…
Irrigation in the Khorezm oasis, past and present: A Political Ecology Perspective
The Khorezm oasis sits at the epicenter of an environmental disaster. Since the late 19th century, the continual expansion of irrigation in this region has altered the natural hydrology of the Amu Darya delta, leading to widespread desertification and the near total disappearance of the world's fourth largest lake, the Aral Sea. The situation is widely acknowledged as an environmental catastrophe of unprecedented scale, and yet it is not the firs…
Millet cultivation in Central Asia: A response to Miller et al
In a recent special issue of The Holocene , Miller et al. review the evidence for the spread of millet ( Panicum miliaceum and Setaria italica ) across Eurasia. Among their arguments, they contend that millet cultivation came to Eurasian regions with hot, dry summers when irrigation was introduced, as part of a region-wide shift toward agricultural intensification in the first millennium BC. This hypothesis seems to align with the pattern of agri…
Kara-tepe, Karakalpakstan: Agropastoralism in a Central Eurasian Oasis in the 4th/5th century A.D. Transition
This paper reports on the results of archaeological field excavations at the site of Kara-tepe, in the semi-autonomous region of Karakalpakstan in northwestern Uzbekistan. Investigations at the site in 2008–2009 turned up an unusually rich assemblage of remains from a household context. Combined analysis of the household botanical and faunal remains has allowed us to reconstruct the agropastoral practices of local inhabitants in this oasis region…
The hydrosocial empire: The Karakum River and the Soviet conquest of Central Asia in the 20th century
The Origins of the Apple in Central Asia
Abu Muslim qala: An iron-production site along Central Asia's medieval north-south trade routes
Archaeological remains at a religious site dedicated to a Yasawiyya Sufi saint reveal a possible centre of iron production along the trade routes connecting the medieval urban centres of Central Asia
The Agro-pastoralism debate in Central Eurasia: Arguments in favor of a nuanced perspective on socio-economy in archaeological context
Refashioning Origins in the Anthropocene: Reflections on Pedagogical Practice
This contribution to Anthropocenes Interventions brings together the narrative accounts of five undergraduate students frm the Purdue University John Martinson Honors College (JMHC) enrolled in the course HONR 39900: The Anthropocene in fall 2021. The students' starting point for writing was Erle Ellis' commentary about human origins, which he identifies as narratives deeply challenged by the Anthropocene; in rewriting the role of humanity on pla…
Refashioning Origins in the Anthropocene II: Facing Hyperobjects as Pedagogical Practice
Educational reform may play an important role in transforming ontological thinking in the Anthropocene. While many critical and environmental pedagogies utilize reflection and writing to bring about a greater ecological awareness in students, dark pedagogy specifically advocates using these practices to help students explore the partially unseen, non-human “other” in their lived experiences. More than an ecological awareness, dark pedagogy facili…
[Re]Integrating a dispersed agenda: Advancing archaeological research in Central Eurasia
Amid resurgent geopolitical fissures and in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic, there is a growing awareness in the sector of the need for, and concern about, national and international collaboration in archaeological projects. This article reflects on present-day challenges for international collaboration in central Eurasian archaeology and furthers a much-needed discussion about (re)integrating local narratives with inter-regional trends in…
Geography (10 works) · History (9 works) · Archaeology (8 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (7 works) · Eurasian Exchange Networks (7 works) · Ancient history (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Art (4 works) · Ecology (4 works) · Sociology (4 works)