Conceptualizing Eurasian Steppe Space, Place and Movement

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This is an abstract from the "Wheels, Horses, Babies and Bathwaters: Celebrating the Impact of David W. Anthony on the Study of Prehistory" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

The scholarly contributions by David Anthony have added significantly to current understandings of prehistory in the Eurasian steppes. Drawing on multiple lines of evidence, ranging from historical sources, archaeological data, genetics and linguistics, he has developed intriguing, and at times, controversial models for social, economic, and technological developments in the steppes and adjacent regions. An important aspect of this work is that it has focused on developing better explanations for the movement of ideas, technologies, and people across the steppes. Looking forward, this paper draws on these important contributions and sets out several significant problems that remain to be overcome in conceptualizing and examining the emergence of space, place and the flow of ideas, technology, and people across the steppes in prehistory.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 84th Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM (2019)   •
• Wheels, Horses, Babies and Bathwaters: Celebrating the Impact of David W. Anthony on the Study of Prehistory

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Abstract Id(s): 24577