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Recent Publications

Paleoethnobotany
The Breadth of Dietary Economy in Bronze Age Central Asia
Arboreal crops on the medieval Silk Road: Archaeobotanical studies at Tashbulak
Dung burning in the archaeobotanical record of West Asia: Where are we now?
Vegetation change and human impacts on Rebun Island (Northwest Pacific) over the last 6000 years

Articles (29)
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- Thesis Writings (2)
Book Chapters (5)
Edited Volumes (2)
Notes to Readers (1)
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The view from somewhere in the Kazakh Tien Shan from several years ago. Such lovely mountains, sadly the massive loss of glacial cover over the past few decades has caused a ripple effect, meaning the summer melt-fed streams have less water. The loss of summer water is a serious issue for farming and herding in this region, but as agriculture intensifies, the real victims are the natural plants and animals. Interestingly, Archaeological research demonstrates how deep into the past humans have been modifying this landscape; it also shows the magnitude of increasing in ecological impacts that started with the Soviet agriculture campaigns see robertnspengler.com #globalwarming #climatechange #anthropocene #archaeology #archaeobotany #paleoethnobotany #originsofagriculture #innerasia #silkroad #glaciers #tianshan #mountains #robertspengler

Enjoying a fascinating conference in Vilnius, Lithuania, about Central Asian Archaeology. There is a particularly strong focus on the spread of agriculture in prehistory. #paleoethnobotany #archaeology #archaeologist #innerasia #archaeobotany #centralasia #silkroad #robertspengler #vilnius #vilniuslithuania #originsofagriculture #fruitsofthesilkroad #fruitfromthesands

Preorder your copy of Fruit from the Sands, on Amazon or Directly through the University of California Press. Read about how the ancient Silk Road shaped the cuisines of the modernworld. #fruitsfromthesands #fruitfromthesands #robertspengler #archaeobotany #paleoethnobotany #innerasia #centralasia #silkroad #archaeology #archaeologist #desert #desertsand #originsofagriculture #firstfarmers #caravan #bazaar #uzbekistan robertnspengler.com

The beautiful canals in Amsterdam, a photo from a few months ago taking a boat ride with @monica.yanda #amsterdam #canals #boating #travel #northerneurope #europe #robertspengler #onthewater #history #archaeology

Going through photos from 2019 - Brussels Town Hall. The tower of the Stadhuis is an original Gothic construction from the Middle Ages, built in the mid-1400s. #stadhuis #brussels #gothic #middleages #grandpalace #belgium #history #archaeology #robertspengler #architecture #art

Found this wall mural on a bar in the Big City last week - #Charliesbar while most people associate his study of Galapagos finches as the epiphany moment of his research, he was well aware of the evolutionary process before boarding the Beagle. In fact, he caried with him onboard a book by Alexander von Humboldt, which laid out some of the ideas. Many other scholars, including Darwin’s grandfather, Erasmus Darwin, had played with evolutionary ideas. #darwin #evolution #domestication #cultivation #charlesdarwin #Archaeology #Paleoethnobotany #Archaeobotany #earlyagriculture #originsofagriculture #Robertspengler 📷: @monica.yanda

This photograph shows a man in Samarkand, Turkmenistan, between 1871 and 1872 working with Silk – showing that silken textiles were produced along the Silk Road. They are boiling the silkworms and unwinding the silk. The photograph, by an unknown photographer, is the property of the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. USA #cotton #textile #Silkroad #Centralasia #Innerasia #Archaeology #Paleoethnobotany #Archaeobotany #earlyagriculture #originsofagriculture #Robertspengler #fruitsofthesilkroad #fruitfromthesands #history

Uzbekistan this past summer - while most people think of Central Asia as historically dominated by Nomads, many people in this part of the world find ways to grow crops in some of the most arid regions, on some of the most saline soils, and at some of the highest elevations. The story of how people learned to grow these crop and adapt to harsh conditions is as fascinating as the story of mobile pastoralism in Central Asia. Check out my website for new article on the topic, especially a recent one relating to Bronze Age farming in Turkmenistan: robertnspengler.com #robertspengler #silkroad #innerasia #centralasia #uzbekistan #farming #nomads #nomadism #originsofagriculture #firstfarmers #archaeology #archaeobotany #paleobotany #paleoethnobotany #fruitfromthesands #fruitsofthesilkroad

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