The xiongnu settlements of egiin gol, Mongolia

Antiquity

Volumn 83, Issue 320, 2009, Pages 372-387

  Wright, Joshua ^a   Honeychurch, William ^b   Amartuvshin, Chunag ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Mongolia)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Mongolia; Nomadism; Pastoralism; Third millennium BP; Xiongnu

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953158870     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: 0003598X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00098495     Document Type: Article

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