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Mobility and Archaeogenetics in Central Asia

People - Goods - Ideas. Edited by Christoph Baumer, Mirko Novák and Susanne Rutishauser. Proceedings of the Third International Congress on Central Asian Archaeology held at the University of Bern, 11-13th January 2024.

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 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. X,548 Seiten mit 339 meist farbigen Abb., Großformat, gebunden (Schriften zur vorderasiatischen Archäologie; Vol. 24/Harrassowitz Verlag 2026) leichte Lagerspuren/minor shelfwear