Showing papers in "Archaeological Research in Asia in 2017"

TL;DR: Shimao as mentioned in this paper was a prehistorical complex settlement system developed in the north Loess Plateau, a region previously regarded as the frontier of Chinese civilization, and was composed of a central palatial terrace surrounded by two layers of stone enclosures.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe raw material procurement and early stage lithic reduction at Middle Palaeolithic (MP) archaeological sites in the Jubbah palaeolake basin, in the Nefud Desert, northern Saudi Arabia.

TL;DR: This paper identified and dated 18 occupational events at eight sites dating to ~147-108 kiloannum before present (ka BP) during a decade of archaeological survey and excavation on the northeastern high Tibetan Plateau (TP) > 3200m.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe results from interdisciplinary surveys in the western Nefud that targeted palaeolake deposits identified using satellite imagery, and present the first records of Neolithic sites in this dune field, including substantial hearth complexes distributed relatively deep within the dunes.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that the consumption of C4 plants started in the Final Bronze Age in central KZ and continued into the Early Iron Age, while data from southern KZ demonstrate that over half the human population consumed C4 crops in the early Iron Age.

TL;DR: In this article, the Liangzhu sites group near Shanghai, China, which occupies a low wet environment in the temperate climatic zone, was mapped and analyzed using the Structure from Motion technique and subjected to digital surface model (DSM).

TL;DR: A detailed zooarcheological analysis of three settlements dating to the Final Bronze Age (c 1300-900 BCE) in central and southeastern Kazakhstan revealed the influence of cultural and environmental factors on pastoral subsistence strategies as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: Khao Sek, a coastal settlement located in the Upper-Thai Peninsula and 80 km south of the early urbanized port of Khao Sam Kaeo in the Chumphon province, yielded an impressive quantity of glass waste and ornaments suggesting that glass bracelets and beads were manufactured at the site as early as the 4th c. BCE as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present the results from their investigation of an archaeological site called Mohuchahangoukou (MGK), a recently discovered site in central Xinjiang with an irrigation system.

TL;DR: In this paper, the analysis of fish elements recovered from an archaeological site in Indonesia, Tron Bon Lei (Alor, East Nusa Tenggara), has been carried out and the results show that analysis of the entirety of an assemblage allows for stronger inferences to be drawn about skeletal representation and taphonomic processes.

TL;DR: The first report of a newly discovered Neolithic site in the Jubbah oasis, on the southern edge of the Nefud desert, was made by as discussed by the authors, where the site is located on the margin of palaeolake deposits and consists of a large cluster of at least 170 visible hearths.

TL;DR: In this paper, the Dzungaria Landscape Project in its first campaigns has set out to document the variety of archaeological monuments in the southern Chinese Altai by means of remote sensing and GPS-based intensive survey, showing that the region experienced a peak in anthropogenic activity during the early and middle Iron Age which culturally ties in with the northern Russian Altai (Pazyryk culture) and later shifts towards strong influences from the Semirechye.

TL;DR: In this article, the construction of a princely Scythian kurgan Tunnug 1 (Arzhan 0) was investigated and found to date to the 9th century BCE.

TL;DR: Zhang et al. as mentioned in this paper investigated the rise and fall of the Neolithic state and its urban center at Taosi (2300-1900-BCE) in southern Shanxi province, China.

TL;DR: Yamagata, M., Glover, I.C., Suchitta, P., Villiers, J.C. as discussed by the authors The early history of Lin-i viewed from archaeology.

TL;DR: The authors proposes that the development of urbanism in northern China provided new opportunities for feasting activities that were important for the creation and maintenance of social relations, and proposes that relatively labor intensive, elaborate vessels for the preparation and consumption of food and drink were essential components of feasts.

TL;DR: Loc Giang, an early Neolithic settlement located on the east bank of the Vam Co Dong River in Long An Province, southern Vietnam, has been investigated in this paper.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors compare food production and animal exploitation strategies between the late Neolithic to early Bronze Age urban site of Shimao, and a contemporaneous small rural village, Zhaimaoliang.

TL;DR: HAL as mentioned in this paper is a multi-disciplinary open access archive for the deposit and dissemination of scientific research documents, whether they are published or not, which may come from teaching and research institutions in France or abroad, or from public or private research centers.

TL;DR: In this paper, X-ray fluorescence analysis performed on late Neolithic/early Bronze Age utilitarian ceramic assemblages from three high-level centers in the Yiluo River valley (Henan, China) has identified discriminating features which serve as a basis for inferring community-level production loci on an intra-basinal scale.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a model for envisioning the dynamic interactions between human health, subsistence, social, and environmental change in the Upper Mun River valley, northeast Thailand.

TL;DR: The earliest homini dispersal into this vast territory is evidenced by rudimentary flaked cobble-flake stone industries associated with the Early and Middle Pleistocene fossiliferous alluvia in the major Siberian (Ob, Yenisei and Lena) basins as discussed by the authors.

TL;DR: This paper reported three new engraving locales in Alor Island, Indonesia, executed on boulders and in shelters and include figurative and geometric motifs, some combining cupules.

TL;DR: In 2012, the east gate, its adjoining walls and towers were brought to light at Shimao dated to 2300-1800 BCE as discussed by the authors, focusing on the architectural remains, attempts to assess their architectonic makeups.

TL;DR: In this paper, a preliminary look at the archaeological evidence presently available that can help us understand this development in a concrete fashion is taken, and how did they change in response to the economic challenges of the epoch.

TL;DR: In this paper, the origins of these polities and the processes of consolidation can be described within the concept of a political community, reflecting the actions of competing groups in expansive social network.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors presented a detailed stylistic and functional analysis of a large collection of artifacts made from Asian elephant ivory discovered at the Oxus Civilization site of Gonur Depe in southern Turkmenistan.

TL;DR: The walled hilltop sites were lookout posts, with a small garrison of herders prepared to defend the area in the event of attack by rival pastoralist groups, and that in the Late Bronze Age the Upper Bortala Valley was home to a number of pastoralists who contested access to the best pastures as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors make use of satellite data to investigate dimensions, orientations and mutual cognitive aspects of mausoleums of the Emperors and of some members of the royal family of the Western Han Chinese Dynasty.

TL;DR: This article used petrography, SEM, and XRD analyses of thin sections of these ceramic products from two bronze foundries at the late Shang site of Yinxu to provide new information about their composition, structure, and production.