Ecotopes and Herd Foraging Practices In the Steppe/Mountain Ecotone of Central Asia During the Bronze and Iron Ages

作者: Robert N Spengler , Michael D. Frachetti , Gayle J. Fritz

DOI: 10.2993/0278-0771-33.1.125

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摘要: Abstract Eurasian mobile pastoralists living in semiarid environments focus on specific locations the landscape where pasture resources and water are available. Ecotones –or intermediary zones between mountain steppe environments– create mosaic landscapes composed of forage-rich patches other discrete enclaves useful biota for pastoralist communities. Ecotopes (ecological patches) provide vital herding systems used Central Asia today as well past. We document discuss wild seed composition archaeobotanical samples from Bronze Iron Age site Begash southeastern Kazakhstan noting that much assemblage represents carbonized animal dung, which is currently historically fuel this region by pastoralists. The seeds offer a window into prehistoric patterns nuanced view land use, social interaction, community formation across ecological nodes Bron...

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