Tracing population movements in ancient East Asia through the linguistics and archaeology of textile production

Read more by Sarah Nelson, Irina Zhushchikhovskaya, Tao Li, Mark Hudson and Martine Robbeets. Published on Cambridge University Press. 14 February 2020

The archaeology of Afghanistan revisited

Read more by J. Eva Meharry Published on Cambridge University Press. 17 July 2020

Neolithic pathways in East Asia: early sedentism on the Mongolian Plateau

Read more by Chao Zhao, Lisa Janz, Dashzeveg Bukhchuluun and Davaakhuu Odsuren Published on Cambridge University Press.  27 January 2021

Ancient Xinjiang mitogenomes reveal intense admixture with high genetic diversity

Read more by Wenjun Wang, Manyu Ding, Jacob D. Gardner, Yongqiang Wang, Bo Miao, Wu Guo, Xinhua Wu, Qiurong Ruan, Jianjun Yu, Xingjun Hu, Bo Wang, et.al. Published on Science Advances. 31 March 2021

Proto-Urban Establishments in Inner Asia: Surveys of an Iron Age Walled Site in Eastern Mongolia

Read more by Bryan K Miller, Martin Furholt, Jamsranjav Bayarsaikhan, Tömörbaatar Tüvshinjargal, Lennart Brandtstätter, Joshua Wright,Tseel Ayush &Tina Wunderlich. Published on Journal of Field Archaeology. 21 April 2019

The impact of Ming and Qing dynasty maritime bans on trade ceramics recovered from coastal settlements in northern Sumatra, Indonesia

Read more by Yew SengTai, Patrick Daly, E. Edwards Mckinnon, Andrew Parnell, R. Michael Feener, Jedrzej Majewski, Nazli Ismail, Kerry Sieh Published on Journal of Archaeological Research in Asia. March 2020

Middle Paleolithic technological diversity during MIS 3 in the Western Tian Shan piedmonts: Example of the Katta Sai 1 open -air loess site

Read more by Konstantin Pavlenok, Małgorzata Kot, Galina Pavlenok, Maciej T.Krajcarz, Mukhiddin Khudjanazarov, Michał Leloch, Karol Szymczak. Published on Archaeological Research in Asia. March 2021

Raising girls and boys in early China: Stable isotope data reveal sex differences in weaning and childhood diets during the eastern Zhou era

Read more by Melanie J. Miller,Yu Dong, Kate Pechenkina, Wenquan Fan, Siân E. Halcrow Published on American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 06 March 2020

Rethinking the evidence for early horse domestication at Botai

Read more by William Timothy Treal Taylor & Christina Isabelle Barrón-Ortiz  Published on Scientific Reports. 02 April 2021

Natron glass beads reveal proto-Silk Road between the Mediterranean and China in the 1st millennium BCE

Read more by Qin-Qin Lü, Julian Henderson, Yongqiang Wang & Binghua Wang  Published on Scientific Reports. 11 February 2021

A Dynamic 6,000-Year Genetic History of Eurasia’s Eastern Steppe

Read more by Choongwon Jeong, Ke Wang, Shevan Wilkin; Myagmar Erdene, Jessica Hendy, Christina Warinner  Published on Cell. 05 November 2020

A Matrilineal Genetic Perspective of Hanging Coffin Custom in Southern China and Northern Thailand

Read more by Xiaoming Zhang, Chunmei Li, Yanan Zhou, Jiahui Huang, Tengsong Yu, Xu Liu, Hong Shi, Hong Liu et.al. Published on iScience. 05 April 2020

New evidence for ball games in Eurasia from ca. 3000-year-old Yanghai tombs in the Turfan depression of Northwest China

Read more by Patrick Wertmann, Xinyong Chen, Xiao Li, Dongliang Xu, Pavel E.Tarasov, Mayke Wagner. Published on Journal of Archaeological Science. December 2020

Close up to the surface: reflections on a preliminary forensic study of four Chinese bronze mirrors

Read more by Jiafang Liang & Quentin Parker. Published by Heritage Science. 25 February 2021

Seasonal movements of Bronze Age transhumant pastoralists in western Xinjiang

Read more by Peter Jia,Gino Caspari ,Alison Betts,Bahaa Mohamadi,Timo Balz,Dexin Cong,Hui Shen,Qi Meng Published on Plos One. November 04 2020

The rise of the cosmetic industry in ancient China: Insights from a 2700‐year‐old face cream

Read more by B. HanJ. ChongZ. SunX. JiangQ. XiaoJ. ZechP. RobertsH. RaoY. Yang Pubished on Wiley Online Library. 01 February 2021

Who were the sogdians, and why do they matter ?

Read more by Judith A. Lerner and Thomas Wide This online exhibition is made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation, with additional support from the Thaw Charitable Trust and the Smithsonian Provost Scholarly Studies Award program.

Does extra-large equal extra-ordinary? The ‘Wall of Chinggis Khan’ from a multidimensional perspective

Read more by Gideon Shelach-Lavi, William Honeychurch & Amartuvshin Chunag  Published by humanities and social sciences communications. Nature. 08 July 2020

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