Agropastoralism and languages across Eurasia : expansion, exchange, environment / edited by Mark Hudson and Martine Robbeets.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hudson, Mark, 1963- editor.

Robbeets, Martine Irma, editor.

Series:

Archaeology of East Asia ; volume 9.

BAR international series ; 3126.

Archaeology of East Asia ; volume 9

BAR international series ; 3126

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Agriculture--Eurasia.

Agriculture.

Language and languages--Eurasia.

Language and languages.

Cultural relations--History--To 1500.

Cultural relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 154 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white, and colour).

Place of Publication:

Oxford : BAR Publishing, 2023.

Summary:

The essays in this volume explore questions relating to human dispersals and exchange across the varied environments of Eurasia. Part One focuses on the Neolithic and how agriculture led to new adaptive niches for human societies. This process involved population and linguistic expansion, but could also be expressed through exploitation of the environment in new ways. In Part Two, the emphasis shifts to exchange between east and west across Eurasia in the Bronze Age and Middle Ages. Chapters in the book discuss topics as varied as Jmon plant cultivation, linguistic borrowings by agropastoral groups, the spread of gold and silverwares across the steppes, and customs related to feasting in medieval northern China. The volume will be of interest to archaeologists and historical linguists alike, particularly those working on long-term social change across Eurasia.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2023.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on May 19, 2023).

Other Format:

Print version :

ISBN:

9781407360768

1407360760

OCLC:

1380435668