Intensive field surveys across the Murghab Delta in Southern Turkmenistan have detected pastoral campsites of Andronovo culture intruding the local Late Bronze Age settlement structure. Their distribution indicates convergence of economic specialization and political integration of cultural diversity. By using GIS as a tool for the systematic testing of alternative explanations and simulation models we may direct archaeological data to enhance historical interpretations for the formative stages of Central Asian civilisations.
Cattani M., Cerasetti B., Salvatori S., Tosi M. (2008). The Murghab Delta in Central Asia 1990-2001: the GIS from Research Resource to a Reasoning Tool for the Study of Settlement Change in Long-Term Fluctuations. OXFORD : BAR.
The Murghab Delta in Central Asia 1990-2001: the GIS from Research Resource to a Reasoning Tool for the Study of Settlement Change in Long-Term Fluctuations
CATTANI, MAURIZIO;CERASETTI, BARBARA;TOSI, MAURIZIO
2008
Abstract
Intensive field surveys across the Murghab Delta in Southern Turkmenistan have detected pastoral campsites of Andronovo culture intruding the local Late Bronze Age settlement structure. Their distribution indicates convergence of economic specialization and political integration of cultural diversity. By using GIS as a tool for the systematic testing of alternative explanations and simulation models we may direct archaeological data to enhance historical interpretations for the formative stages of Central Asian civilisations.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
