Why Did Nomadic Dynasties Build Walls?
Author(s): Gideon Shelach-Lavi
Year: 2024
Summary
This is an abstract from the "Steppe by Steppe: Advances in the Archaeology of Eastern Eurasia" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.
We report on the work done in Eastern Mongolia on walls, linear barriers contracted between the tenth and thirteenth centuries AD. Our project includes remote sensing, surveys, and excavations.
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Why Did Nomadic Dynasties Build Walls?. Gideon Shelach-Lavi. Presented at The 89th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. 2024 ( tDAR id: 498807)
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Keywords
General
Historic
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Monumentality
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Remote Sensing/Geophysics
Geographic Keywords
Asia: East Asia
Spatial Coverage
min long: 70.4; min lat: 17.141 ; max long: 146.514; max lat: 53.956 ;
Record Identifiers
Abstract Id(s): 39703.0