A Silk Road in the Palaeolithic: Reconstructing Late Pleistocene Hominin Dispersals and Adaptations in Central Asia

Project Information

PALAEOSILKROAD

Grant agreement ID: 714842

DOI

10.3030/714842

Project closed

EC signature date 11 May 2017

Start date 1 June 2017

End date 31 January 2023

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost

€ 1 497 643,00

EU contribution

€ 1 497 643,00

Coordinated by

EBERHARD KARLS UNIVERSITAET TUEBINGEN
Germany

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Publications

Peer reviewed articles (8)

Finding karstic caves and rockshelters in the Inner Asian mountain corridor using predictive modelling and field survey

Author(s): Cuthbertson, P., Ullmann, T., Büdel, C., Varis, A., Namen, A., Seltmann, R., Reed, D., Taimagambetov, Z., Iovita, R.
Published in: PLoS One, 2021, ISSN 1932-6203
Publisher: Public Library of Science
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0245170

Preliminary results of the first lithic raw material survey in the piedmont zones of Kazakhstan

Author(s): Namen, A., Cuthbertson, P., Varis, A., Schmidt, P., Taimagambetov, Z., Iovita, R.
Published in: Asian Archaeology, Issue 6, 2022, Page(s) 53-64, ISSN 2520-8101
Publisher: Springer
DOI: 10.1007/s41826-022-00051-3

Nazugum, a new 4000 year old rockshelter site in the Ili Alatau, Tien Shan

Author(s): Namen, A., Varis, A., Lindauer, S., Friedrich, R., Taimagambetov, Z., Iovita, R.
Published in: Archaeological Research in Asia, Issue 30, 2022, Page(s) 100370, ISSN 2352-2275
Publisher: Elsevier B. V.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ara.2022.100370

Mechanical properties of lithic raw materials from Kazakhstan: Comparing chert, shale, and porphyry

Author(s): Varis, Aristeidis; Namen, Abay; Iovita, Radu; Taimagambetov, Zhaken; Nickel, Klaus; Schmidt, Patrick
Published in: Plos One, 2022, ISSN 1932-6203
Publisher: Public Library of Science
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0265640

In search of a Paleolithic Silk Road in Kazakhstan

Author(s): Radu Iovita, Aristeidis Varis, Abay Namen, Patrick Cuthbertson, Zhaken Taimagambetov, Christopher E. Miller
Published in: Quaternary International, 2020, ISSN 1040-6182
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2020.02.023

Preference for Porphyry: Petrographic Insights into Lithic Raw Material Procurement from Palaeolithic Kazakhstan

Author(s): Namen, A., Schmidt, P., Varis, A., Taimagambetov, Z., Iovita, R.
Published in: Journal of Field Archaeology, Issue 7, 2022, Page(s) 435-450, ISSN 0093-4690
Publisher: Maney Publishing
DOI: 10.1080/00934690.2022.2092265

The effect of formation processes on the frequency of palaeolithic cave sites in semiarid zones: Insights from Kazakhstan

Author(s): Varis, A., Miller, C.E., Cuthbertson, P., Namen, A., Taimagambetov, Z., Iovita, R.
Published in: Geoarchaeology, Issue 37, 2022, Page(s) 594-616, ISSN 1520-6548
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1002/gea.21909

Using Formation Processes to Explore Low-Density Sites and Settlement Patterns: A Case Study from the Swabian Jura

Author(s): Aristeidis Varis, Christopher E. Miller, Giulia Toniato, Alexander Janas & Nicholas J. Conard
Published in: Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology, Issue 5, 2022, Page(s) 14, ISSN 2520-8217
Publisher: Springer
DOI: 10.1007/s41982-022-00127-7

Thesis and dissertations (2)

The effect of formation processes on Palaeolithic settlement patterns: insights from south Kazakhstan and the Swabian Jura, southern Germany

Author(s): Varis, Aristeidis
Published in: 2022
Publisher: University of Tübingen
DOI: 10.15496/publikation-73065

Raw Material Choices in the Palaeolithic of the Inner Asian Mountain Corridor of Kazakhstan

Author(s): Namen, Abay
Published in: 2022
Publisher: University of Tübingen
DOI: 10.15496/publikation-73660