Landscape archaeology in the Chinese Altai Mountains – Survey of the Heiliutan Basin

Caspari, G.; Plets, G.; Balz, T.; Fu, B. (2017). Landscape archaeology in the Chinese Altai Mountains – Survey of the Heiliutan Basin. Archaeological Research in Asia, 10, pp. 48-53. Elsevier 10.1016/j.ara.2017.04.001

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Due to difficult access, the Southern Chinese Altai has so far been understudied, despite being a key region for understanding cultural transfers and the spread of ideas between East and West during the Eurasian Bronze and Iron Age. The Dzungaria Landscape Project in its first campaigns has set out to document the variety of archaeological monuments in the southern Chinese Altai by means of remote sensing and GPS-based intensive survey. It can be shown that the region experienced a peak in anthropogenic activity during the early and middle
Iron Age which culturally ties in with the northern Russian Altai (Pazyryk culture) and later shifts towards strong influences from the Semirechye.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

06 Faculty of Humanities > Department of History and Archaeology > Institute of Archaeological Sciences > Near Eastern Archaeology
06 Faculty of Humanities > Department of History and Archaeology > Institute of Archaeological Sciences

UniBE Contributor:

Caspari, Gino Ramon

Subjects:

900 History > 930 History of ancient world (to ca. 499)

ISSN:

2352-2267

Publisher:

Elsevier

Language:

English

Submitter:

Gino Ramon Caspari

Date Deposited:

19 Sep 2019 08:47

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 15:24

Publisher DOI:

10.1016/j.ara.2017.04.001

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.124487

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/124487

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