Continuity and authority on the Mongolian steppe : the Egiin Gol Survey, 1997-2002 /
"The Egiin Gol Survey, Mongolia's first systematic regional full-coverage archaeological survey, began as a rescue effort in the face of plans for a hydroelectric dam in the Egiin Gol valley. Adding regional survey to excavation makes the Egiin Gol a powerful case study for major research...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New Haven :
Yale University Department of Anthropology and the Yale Peabody Museum,
2023
New Haven : [2023] |
| Series: | Yale University publications in anthropology ;
no. 98 Yale University publications in anthropology no. 98 |
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| Summary: | "The Egiin Gol Survey, Mongolia's first systematic regional full-coverage archaeological survey, began as a rescue effort in the face of plans for a hydroelectric dam in the Egiin Gol valley. Adding regional survey to excavation makes the Egiin Gol a powerful case study for major research questions on Mongolia's prehistory. Continued archaeological research over the years has today made it the most comprehensively studied region in all Mongolia. As the first complete published regional survey report for Mongolia, the focus here is on local archaeology and how sites and features work together ro recreate past cultural landscapes. This volume presents groundbreaking fieldwork that detected ephemeral steppe settlement sites, extensive monumental constructions, and changes in land use that span 30,000 years, from the late Upper Paleolithic to the nineteenth century. With an integrated landscape- and settlement-based approach to the prehistory and history of eastern Eurasia, the authors examine the place of Egiin Gol in the Xiongnu and Early Turk polities and reveal the historical landscape of Buddhist monasteries and farms. In a place associated with mobile populations, the Egiin Gol project shows that its archaeological landscapes are not as invisible as once thought"-- |
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| Physical Description: | xvii, 348 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm xvii, 348 pages : illustrations, maps, plans ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-338) and index Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 0913516341 9780913516348 |
| ISSN: | 1535-7082 ; |