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ArticlePloS one2020

Seasonal movements of Bronze Age transhumant pastoralists in western Xinjiang.

Peter Jia, Gino Caspari, Alison Betts, Bahaa Mohamadi, Timo Balz, Dexin Cong, Hui Shen, Qi Meng

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Article in PloS one, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Peter JiaDepartment of Archaeology, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-8298-9454
Gino CaspariDepartment of Archaeology, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-0944-5095
Alison BettsDepartment of Archaeology, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-3664-6001
Bahaa MohamadiState Key Laboratory of Information Engineering in Surveying, Mapping and Remote Sensing, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Timo BalzState Key Laboratory of Information Engineering in Surveying, Mapping and Remote Sensing, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Dexin CongInstitute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Science, Beijing, China.
Hui ShenUniversity of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Qi MengDepartment of Archaeology, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The paper explores seasonal movements of Bronze Age mobile pastoralists in the western Tianshan mountainous region of Xinjiang, China. Fieldwork by a team from the Institute of Archaeology of the Chinese Academy of Social Science (CASS) and the University of Sydney, Australia have identified cyclical land use practices associated with the Andronovo cultural complex. Their pattern of seasonal movements has been reconstructed through ethnographic studies and analysis of modern snow and grass cover. Using this detailed combination of data, the study defines requirements for seasonal pastures-winter, summer and spring/autumn-and shows a clear correlation between modern land use and seasonal patterns of movement in the Bronze Age.

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Human MigrationSeasonsAlgorithmsAltitudeAnimal HusbandryAnimalsArchaeologyChinaFossilsGeographyHumansLivestockModels, TheoreticalPoaceaeSnow

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PMID33147229
PMCPMC7641598

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