Mobility and Archaeogenetics in Central Asia

People – Goods – Ideas. 3rd International Conference on Central Asian Archaeology in Bern, 11th–13th January 2024

Edited by Christoph Baumer Edited by Mirko Novák Edited by Susanne Rutishauser

Book cover: Mobility and Archaeogenetics in Central Asia

Extent: 548 pages

Publisher: Harrassowitz Verlag

Series: Schriften zur Vorderasiatischen Archäologie

Series volume number: 24

Language: English

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(June 2026)

ISBN: 9783447124461

8.27 x 11.69 inches

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Central Asia is a huge region characterized by a rich variety of ecologies, climates, geographical environments, social systems, languages and cultures. Within this region multiple cultural exchanges took place. At the same time, it engaged in bi-directional exchange with neighboring regions such as the Pontic Steppe, the Near East, the Indian subcontinent and East Asia. Mobility was a key precondition for these multifaceted contacts and exchanges, and it concerned people, goods and products as well as ideas, concepts and innovations. The papers presented at the 3rd International Conference on Central Asian Archaeology focus on how cultural transmission processes developed and what role mobility played in these processes. The time frame is from the Early Bronze Age to the end of the 14th century CE. Special attention will be paid to the added value that archaeogenetics brings to research. Archaeogenetics is an outstanding tool to detect and verify migrations and is rapidly growing in importance. Several papers demonstrate how archaeogenetic and isotopic studies contribute to the detection and understanding of mobility-induced cultural exchange.

Edited by Christoph Baumer
Edited by Mirko Novák
Edited by Susanne Rutishauser

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