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1500  eng
2050  urn:nbn:de:gbv:8:3-2022-00717-0
2051  10.3389/fevo.2022.995490
3000  Billings, Traci N.
3010  Arciero, Roberto
3010  Boivin, Nicole
3010  Carra, Marialetizia
3010  Cerasetti, Barbara
3010  Dal Martello, Rita
3010  Forni, Luca
3010  Rouse, Lynne M.
3010  Spengler, Robert N.
4000  Agriculture in the Karakum$dAn archaeobotanical analysis from Togolok 1, southern Turkmenistan (ca. 2300–1700 B.C.)  [Billings, Traci N.]
4209  Southern Central Asia witnessed widespread expansion in urbanism and exchange, between roughly 2200 and 1500 B.C., fostering a new cultural florescence, sometimes referred to as the Greater Khorasan Civilization. Decades of detailed archeological investigation have focused on the development of urban settlements, political systems, and inter-regional exchange within and across the broader region, but little is known about the agricultural systems that supported these cultural changes. In this paper, we present the archaeobotanical results of material recovered from Togolok 1, a proto-urban settlement along the Murghab River alluvial fan located in southeastern Turkmenistan. This macrobotanical assemblage dates to the late 3rd - early 2nd millennia B.C., a time associated with important cultural transformations in southern Central Asia. We demonstrate that people at the site were cultivating and consuming a diverse range of crops including, barley, wheat, legumes, grapes, and possibly plums and apples or pears. This, together with the associated material culture and zooarchaeological evidence, suggest a regionally adapted mixed agropastoral economy. The findings at Togolok 1 contribute to the ongoing discussion of dietary choices, human/landscape interactions, and the adaptation of crops to diverse ecosystems in prehistoric Central Asia.
4950  https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2022.995490$xR$3Volltext$534
4950  https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:gbv:8:3-2022-00717-0$xR$3Volltext$534
4961  https://macau.uni-kiel.de/receive/macau_mods_00003150
5051  930
5550  Age
5550  archaeobotany (palaeoethnobotany)
5550  Bronze
5550  Central Asia
5550  Murghab
5550  palaeoeconomy