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Hinterlands, urban centers, and mobile settings: the "new" Old World archaeology from the Eurasian steppe.
Asian Perspectives: the Journal of Archaeology for Asia and the Pacific, March, 2007 by Amartuvshin, Chunag; Honeychurch, William
ABSTRACT
Archaeological studies of pastoral nomadic societies have been invigorated by recent collaborative research projects across the Eurasian steppe zone. This research contributes an important comparative perspective on processes of complex sociopolitical organization practiced among mobile groups. This essay employs a novel approach to understanding the organizational techniques and methods of finance that supported large-scale imperial polities of eastern Eurasia, specifically those centered on the Mongolian steppe. Using full-coverage survey data from the northern ...
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