Spengler, Robert N., III (2021) Niche Construction Theory: A critical review. Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory. 28:925-955.
Tag: prehistory
Evidence for early dispersal of domestic sheep into Central Asia
Taylor, William T. T., Mélanie Pruvost, Cosimo Posth, William Rendu, Maciej T. Krajcarz, Aida Abdykanova, Greta Brancaleoni, Robert Spengler, Taylor Hermes, Stéphanie Schiavinato, Gregory Hodgins, Raphaela Stahl, Jina Min, Saltanat Alisher kyzy, Stanisław Fedorowicz, Ludovic Orlando, Katerina Douka, Andrey Krivoshapkin, Choongwon Jeong, Christina Warinner, and Svetlana Shnaider (2021) Evidence for early dispersal of domestic sheep…
An Imagined Past? Nomadic Narratives in Central Asian Archaeology. Current Anthropology
Spengler, Robert N. III, William Taylor, Alicia Ventresca Miller, Bryan Miller, Shevan Wilkin, Tekla Schmause, Patrick Roberts, and Nicole Boivin (2021) An Imagined Past? Nomadic Narratives in Central Asian Archaeology. Current Anthropology. 62(3): 251-286.
The Southern Central Asian Mountains as an Ancient Agricultural Mixing Zone: New archaeobotanical date from Barikot in the Swat Valley of Pakistan
Spengler, Robert N., III, Li Tang, Ayushi Nayak, Nicole Boivin, and Luca Maria Olivieri (2021) The Southern Central Asian Mountains as an Ancient Agricultural Mixing Zone: New archaeobotanical date from Barikot in the Swat Valley of Pakistan. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany.
Megadrought and Cultural Exchange along the Proto-Silk Road
Tan, Liangcheng, Guanghui Dong, Zhisheng An, R. Lawrence Edwards, Haiming Li, Dong Li, Robert Spengler, Yanjun Cai, Jiang Lan, Rustam Orozbaev, Ruiliang Liu, Jianhui Chen, Hai Xu, and Fahu Chen (2021) Megadrought and Cultural Exchange along the Proto-Silk Road. Science Bulletin 66:603-611.
Central Eurasian Archaeobotany 