Seasonal movements of Bronze Age transhumant pastoralists in western Xinjiang

Jia, Peter; Caspari, Gino; Betts, Alison; Mohamadi, Bahaa; Balz, Timo; Cong, Dexin; Shen, Hui; Meng, Qi (2020). Seasonal movements of Bronze Age transhumant pastoralists in western Xinjiang. PLoS ONE, 15(11), pp. 1-24. Public Library of Science 10.1371/journal.pone.0240739

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The paper explores seasonal movements of Bronze Age mobile pastoralists in the western Tianshan mountainous region of Xinjiang, China. Fieldwork by a team from the Institute of Archaeology of the Chinese Academy of Social Science (CASS) and the University of Sydney, Australia have identified cyclical land use practices associated with the Andronovo cultural complex. Their pattern of seasonal movements has been reconstructed through ethnographic studies and analysis of modern snow and grass cover. Using this detailed combination of data, the study defines requirements for seasonal pastures–winter, summer and spring/autumn–and shows a clear correlation between modern land use and seasonal patterns of movement in the Bronze Age.

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