Robert N. Spengler III, Mayke Wagner, and Pavel Tarasov 2016. Introduction to the Special Issue: ‘Introduction and intensification of agriculture in Central Eurasia and adjacent regions’. The Holocene.
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The spread of agriculture into northern Central Asia
Robert N. Spengler III, Natalia Ryabogina, Pavel Tarasov, and Mayke Wagner 2016. The spread of agriculture into northern Central Asia: Timing, pathways, and environmental feedbacks. The Holocene. Over the past decade researchers have directed greater focus toward understanding Bronze (3200-800 BC) and Iron Age (800 BC-AD 400) economies of Central Asia. In this article, we synthesize…
Millet cultivation across Eurasia
Naomi F Miller, Robert N Spengler, and Michael Frachetti 2016. Millet cultivation across Eurasia: Origins, spread, and the influence of seasonal climate. The Holocene.
Central Asia, pre-Silk Road Agricultural Exchange
Spengler, Robert N., III, 2015. Central Asia, pre-Silk Road Agricultural Exchange. In Mary Beaudry and Karen Metheny (eds.), The Archaeology of Food: An Encyclopedia. Rowman and Littlefield.
Agriculture in the Central Asian Bronze Age
Spengler, Robert N., III. 2015. Agriculture in the Central Asian Bronze Age. Journal of World Prehistory. Peer-reviewed.
Burial ritual, agriculture, and craft production among Bronze Age pastoralists at Tasbas
Doumani, P. N., M. D. Frachetti, R. Beardmore, T. Schmaus, R. N. Spengler, and A. N. Mar’yashev 2015. Burial ritual, agriculture, and craft production among Bronze Age pastoralists at Tasbas (Kazakhstan). Archaeological Research in Asia 1-2: 17–32. Peer-reviewed.
Paleoethnobotanical Methods for the Study of Early Agriculture and Cuisine in the Prehistory of Central Asia
Spengler, Robert N., III. 2014. Paleoethnobotanical Methods for the Study of Early Agriculture and Cuisine in the Prehistory of Central Asia. In Experience of Turkmenistan in Research and Museumification of Archaeological Findings. (pp. 326-328), Turkmenistan Ministry of Culture, Ashgabat.
Agricultural Origins from the Ground Up
Langlie, BrieAnna S., Natalie G. Mueller, Robert N. Spengler, and Gayle J. Fritz 2014. Agricultural Origins from the Ground Up: Archaeological Perspectives on Plant Domestication. American Journal of Botany 101(10): 000–000. Peer-reviewed.
Early agriculture and crop transmission among Bronze Age mobile pastoralists of Central Eurasia
Spengler, R. N., M. D. Frachetti, P. N. Doumani, L. M. Rouse, B. Cerasetti, E. Bullion, A. N. Mar’yashev 2014. Early agriculture and crop transmission among Bronze Age mobile pastoralists of Central Eurasia. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 281: 20133382. Peer-reviewed.
Agriculturalists and Pastoralists
Spengler, Robert N., III, Barbara Cerassetti, Margareta Tengberg, Maurizio Cattani, and Lynne M. Rouse. 2014. Agriculturalists and Pastoralists: Bronze Age Economy of the Murghab Delta, Southern Central Asia. Journal of Vegetation History and Archaeobotany 23, 805–820. Peer-reviewed.
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