Economic Diversification Supported the Growth of Mongolia's
Nomadic Empires

J 2020

Economic Diversification Supported the Growth of Mongolia's Nomadic Empires

WILKIN, Shevan; Alicia Ventresca MILLER; Bryan K. MILLER; Robert N. SPENGLER; William T. T. TAYLOR et al.

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Economic Diversification Supported the Growth of Mongolia's Nomadic Empires

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Scientific Reports, USA, NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP, 2020, 2045-2322

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angličtina

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Článek v odborném periodiku

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60102 Archaeology

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Velká Británie a Severní Irsko

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není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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RIV/00216224:14210/20:00117956

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Filozofická fakulta

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Archaeology; Population dynamics; Stable isotope analysis

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rivok

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Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Změněno: 11. 3. 2021 16:59, Mgr. Zuzana Matulíková

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Populations in Mongolia from the late second millennium B.C.E. through the Mongol Empire are traditionally assumed, by archaeologists and historians, to have maintained a highly specialized horse-facilitated form of mobile pastoralism. Until recently, a dearth of direct evidence for prehistoric human diet and subsistence economies in Mongolia has rendered systematic testing of this view impossible. Here, we present stable carbon and nitrogen isotope measurements of human bone collagen, and stable carbon isotope analysis of human enamel bioapatite, from 137 well-dated ancient Mongolian individuals spanning the period c. 4400 B.C.E. to 1300C.E. Our results demonstrate an increase in consumption of C-4 plants beginning at c. 800 B.C.E., almost certainly indicative of millet consumption, an interpretation supported by archaeological evidence. The escalating scale of millet consumption on the eastern Eurasian steppe over time, and an expansion of isotopic niche widths, indicate that historic Mongolian empires were supported by a diversification of economic strategies rather than uniform, specialized pastoralism.

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WILKIN, Shevan; Alicia Ventresca MILLER; Bryan K. MILLER; Robert N. SPENGLER; William T. T. TAYLOR; Luis Ricardo NEVES FERNANDES; Richard W. HAGAN; Madeleine BLEASDALE; Jana ZECH; S. ULZIIBAYAR; Erdene MYAGMAR; Nicole BOIVIN a Patrick ROBERTS. Economic Diversification Supported the Growth of Mongolia's Nomadic Empires. Scientific Reports. USA: NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP, 2020, roč. 10, č. 1, s. 1-12. ISSN 2045-2322. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-60194-0.

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WILKIN, Shevan; Alicia Ventresca MILLER; Bryan K. MILLER; Robert N. SPENGLER; William T. T. TAYLOR; Luis Ricardo NEVES FERNANDES; Richard W. HAGAN; Madeleine BLEASDALE; Jana ZECH; S. ULZIIBAYAR; Erdene MYAGMAR; Nicole BOIVIN a Patrick ROBERTS. Economic Diversification Supported the Growth of Mongolia's Nomadic Empires. \textit{Scientific Reports}. USA: NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP, 2020, roč.~10, č.~1, s.~1-12. ISSN~2045-2322. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-60194-0.

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