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Archaeobotany on the Silk Road

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Recent Publications

  • Barley (Hordeum vulgare) in the Okhotsk culture (5th–10th century AD) of northern Japan and the role of cultivated plants in hunter-gatherer economies
  • Eurasian textiles: Case studies in exchange during the incipient and later Silk Road periods
  • Introduction and Intensification of Agriculture in Central Eurasia and Adjacent Regions
  • The spread of agriculture into northern Central Asia
  • Millet cultivation across Eurasia

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Throwback to somewhere in the Karakum Desert of Turkmenistan at some point in the past on a very hot day. Karakum literally translates to the black sands, an ominous, yet fitting, name for this seemingly barren desert. However, if you look below the surface or wait until the temperature drops, it quickly becomes clear that this sand is teaming with life. Much of the area was occupied by farming communities until the first millennium A.D., when desertification pushed them off their fields. #robertspengler #turkmenistan #karakum #karakumdesert #archaeology #desert #prehistory #diggingupthepast #history #eurasia #silkroad #silkroutes #innerasian #centralasia #bronzeage #archaeobotany #hot #veryhot #extremelyhot #desertlife #vagabonding Throwback to the 2011 excavations at the small-scale settlement site of Tasbas in the Dzhungar Mts. of eastern Kazakstan. The site was excavated under the directorship of @doumani_dupuy and @mdfrachetti The excavation has provided an amazing quantity of data pertaining to Bronze Age life in the region, especially in regards to the role of agricultural grains and legumes in the economy. The site has also provided the earliest evidence for domesticated grains in northern Central Asia. #tasbaskazakhstan #kazakhstan #grains #archaeobotany #archaeology #amazingplants #silkroad #silkroutes #farming #earliestfarming #originsofagriculture #excavations #dzhungar #bronzeage #paleoethnobotany #paleobotany #centralasia #innerasian #eurasia #history #diggingupthepast #prehistory #robertspengler @trhermes Have you ever wondered what the full fruit of a Brazil nut (Bertholletia excelsa) looks like? The fruit can weight as much as 4.5lb and contain 8-24 individual nutlets or seeds. This display is in the herbarium at the New York Botanical Gardens. #abignut #brazilnuts #bertholletiaexcelsa #newyorkcity #newyorkbotanicalgarden #herbarium #nuts #mixednuts #botany #amazingplants #fruits #brazilianfruits @monica.yanda A collection of Roman imperial amphora from Cyprus, mostly dating to around the second and third centuries. These vessels were the Tupperware or storage and transportation vessels of the ancient Mediterranean, they allowed for a standardized trade and exchange through the Classical world up until the main trade routes collapsed around the seventh century. I appreciate this display largely because I have been to dozens of museums with decorated Attic wares, bronzes, and cut stone wares, but it is rare to see a display of every day amphora. Most museum curators would not use the wall space for such a display; however, this display at the Met really shows the diversity of forms that were being produced at different workshops across the Mediterranean. These vessels were used to ship everything from fermented fish to dried figs, but they were most prevalently used for wine or olive oil. #rome #amphora #wine #oliveoil #classicalworld #metropolatinmuseumofart #met #storagevessel #traderoutes #silkroad #mediterraneansea #robertspengler #ceramics #ancientworld #archaeology #anthropology #archaeobotany #ceramist #museumcuration #museumdisplay #shipping #shipwreck #feedingrome #ancientrome #cyprus @monica.yanda Such a beautiful city #newyorkny #livinginnewyorkcity #citysights #lifeinthecity #thebigcity #skyscraper #fireworks #newyorkcityparks #centralpark #newyorkphilharmonic #philharmonicinthepark #philharmonicincentralpark #manhattan #nightlife #thegreatlawn #concertsincentralpark #nightlights #lightsofthecity @monica.yanda @ecccole 34th Street, the Empire State Building, on a misty night. #34thstreet #empirestatebuilding #newyorkny #newyorkcity #newyorknewyork #thebigapple #cityscapes #skyscraper #thebigcity #lifeinthecity #citysights #livinginnewyorkcity @monica.yanda @spenglez @katespengler @mander_marcie Oryza sativa - rice is one of the most important grains around the world today and it has been an important crop along the routes of the Silk Road through Central Asia for at least a few centuries. However, it is hard for anyone familiar with the importance of pilaf in Turkic Cuisines to accept that rice is a new comer to this part of the world. When rice first became prominent in Central Asia is still an ongoing question of research, one that I have long been interested in. However, historical sources and piecemeal archaeological evidence suggest that it may have been a minor crop for the elites by the mid-first millennium A. D. But was not a significant crop along the Silk Road until well into the medieval period. #rice #oryzasativa #landraces #domestication #originsofagriculture #silkroad #silkroutes #innerasia #eurasia #centralasia #archaeology #archaeobotany #paleoethnobotany #history #cultivation #ancientgrains #lostcrops #ancientcrops #uzbekistan #ferghana #newyorkbotanicalgarden #grains #farming Meleagris gallopavo - a hen that has been hanging out around the Spengler cabin. She should have a brood soon. #turkey #wildturkey #nature #birds #meleagrisgallopavo #spenglercabin #outdoorliving #wildanimals #dinneronthego #hunting #inthewoods

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