New Directions in Mongolian Archaeology

Part of: Society for American Archaeology 86th Annual Meeting, Online (2021)

This collection contains the abstracts of the papers presented in the session entitled "New Directions in Mongolian Archaeology" at the 86th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Archaeology in Northeast Asia is undergoing great changes. Mongolia and proximate regions are an epicenter for new research approaches and syntheses of Northeast Asian and Eurasian archaeology. This session will highlight the work of new researchers and the application of materials analysis, bioarchaeology, heritage management, isotope zooarchaeology, ceramic analysis, landscapes, excavation, and geoarchaeology to a range of problems covering Epipaleolithic to medieval periods in the Northeast Asia steppe.

Other Keywords
Bronze Age • Pastoralism • Archaeometry & Materials Analysis • Ethnography/Ethnoarchaeology • Neolithic • Material Culture and Technology • Mortuary Analysis • Zooarchaeology • Survey • Mobility

Geographic Keywords
Asia (Continent) • Kyrgyz Republic (Country) • Republic of Azerbaijan (Country) • Republic of Uzbekistan (Country) • State of Kuwait (Country) • Turkmenistan (Country) • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (Country) • Republic of Tajikistan (Country) • Republic of Kazakhstan (Country) • Asia: Central Asia

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  1. Abandoned Cities in the Steppe: Roles and Perception of Early Modern Religious and Military Centers in Nomadic Mongolia (2021)
  2. Adaptive Strategies of Foragers and Early Herders in Mongolia's Desert-Steppe: Implications for Understanding Social-ecological Dynamics, the Development of Food Production, and the Study of Long-Term Social Change (2021)
  3. Ethnoarchaeology, Human-Animal Relationships, and Participatory Research in Mongolia (2021)
  4. Herbivore Dung Biomarkers: A Reference Collection for the Archaeology of Pastoral Domestic Spaces in Western and Central Mongolia (2021)
  5. High-Altitude Hunting and the Emergence of Mobile Pastoralism in Eastern Eurasia (2021)
  6. Making the Exotic from the Familiar: The Source and Production of Carnelian Beads during the Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age in Mongolia (2021)
  7. Neolithic Resource Use and Adaptation in the Eastern Gobi Desert: A Functional Analysis of Axes and Adzes (2021)
  8. Nutritional and Infectious Diseases in the Bronze and Iron Ages of Mongolia: The Archaeological Significance (2021)
  9. Pastoralist Intensification and Dietary Dynamics in the Mongolian Steppe: Multi-isotope Analyses of Human and Faunal Collagen (2021)
  10. Tamsagbulag: New Center of Cattle Domestication in East Asia? (2021)
  11. Use and Reuse of Burial Space during the Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age in Mongolia: A Case Study from Zaraa Uul (2021)