Department of Archaeology, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
School of Culture and History, Henan University, Kaifeng, China.
PLoS One. 2020 Nov 4;15(11):e0240739. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0240739. eCollection 2020.
The paper explores seasonal movements of Bronze Age mobile pastoralists in the western Tianshan mountainous region of Xinjiang, China. Fieldwork by a team from the Institute of Archaeology of the Chinese Academy of Social Science (CASS) and the University of Sydney, Australia have identified cyclical land use practices associated with the Andronovo cultural complex. Their pattern of seasonal movements has been reconstructed through ethnographic studies and analysis of modern snow and grass cover. Using this detailed combination of data, the study defines requirements for seasonal pastures-winter, summer and spring/autumn-and shows a clear correlation between modern land use and seasonal patterns of movement in the Bronze Age.
本文探讨了中国新疆天山地区青铜时代游牧民族的季节性迁徙。中国社会科学院考古研究所和澳大利亚悉尼大学的一个团队进行了实地考察，确定了与安德罗诺沃文化复合体相关的周期性土地利用方式。他们通过民族志研究和对现代雪盖和草盖的分析，重建了季节性迁徙的模式。利用这种详细的数据组合，该研究定义了季节性牧场（冬季、夏季和春季/秋季）的需求，并显示了现代土地利用与青铜时代季节性迁徙模式之间的明显相关性。
