Mongolia’s Frozen Heritage
While pastoral cultures from Mongolia and the dry steppes of eastern Eurasia have had an outsized impact on Eurasian history, the region’s geomorphology, reliance on organic materials, and a nomadic culture that lacks long-lasting architecture on the landscape have conspired to limit our knowledge o...
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crequinoxpubl:10.1558/jga.19784 2024-06-23T07:53:39+00:00 Mongolia’s Frozen Heritage A Summary of the Archaeology of the Cultural Cryosphere Clark, Julia Bayarsaikhan, Jamsranjav Ventresca Miller, Alicia Vanderwarf, Sandra Hart, Isaac Caspari, Gino Taylor, William Timothy Treal 2021 http://dx.doi.org/10.1558/jga.19784 https://journal.equinoxpub.com/JGA/article/download/19784/21876 unknown Equinox Publishing Journal of Glacial Archaeology volume 5, page 103-120 ISSN 2050-3407 2050-3393 journal-article 2021 crequinoxpubl https://doi.org/10.1558/jga.19784 2024-06-13T04:11:04Z While pastoral cultures from Mongolia and the dry steppes of eastern Eurasia have had an outsized impact on Eurasian history, the region’s geomorphology, reliance on organic materials, and a nomadic culture that lacks long-lasting architecture on the landscape have conspired to limit our knowledge of important anthropological processes in the deep past. Frozen archaeological sites, including permafrost and finds from glaciers and ice patches, serve as a key exception to this rule, providing detailed snapshots into the ancient lifeways of Mongolia’s mountain zones. However, these sites pose unique challenges for archaeological conservation, and rapid climate warming, paired with other issues like looting, threatens to degrade them faster than they can be identified, studied, or preserved. Here we summarize the known frozen heritage of Mongolia and highlight a recent to-date unpublished case study on salvaging and studying frozen archaeological sites. Article in Journal/Newspaper Ice permafrost Equinox Publishing Journal of Glacial Archaeology 5 103 120 |
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While pastoral cultures from Mongolia and the dry steppes of eastern Eurasia have had an outsized impact on Eurasian history, the region’s geomorphology, reliance on organic materials, and a nomadic culture that lacks long-lasting architecture on the landscape have conspired to limit our knowledge of important anthropological processes in the deep past. Frozen archaeological sites, including permafrost and finds from glaciers and ice patches, serve as a key exception to this rule, providing detailed snapshots into the ancient lifeways of Mongolia’s mountain zones. However, these sites pose unique challenges for archaeological conservation, and rapid climate warming, paired with other issues like looting, threatens to degrade them faster than they can be identified, studied, or preserved. Here we summarize the known frozen heritage of Mongolia and highlight a recent to-date unpublished case study on salvaging and studying frozen archaeological sites. |
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Clark, Julia Bayarsaikhan, Jamsranjav Ventresca Miller, Alicia Vanderwarf, Sandra Hart, Isaac Caspari, Gino Taylor, William Timothy Treal |
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Clark, Julia Bayarsaikhan, Jamsranjav Ventresca Miller, Alicia Vanderwarf, Sandra Hart, Isaac Caspari, Gino Taylor, William Timothy Treal Mongolia’s Frozen Heritage |
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Clark, Julia Bayarsaikhan, Jamsranjav Ventresca Miller, Alicia Vanderwarf, Sandra Hart, Isaac Caspari, Gino Taylor, William Timothy Treal |
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