Domestication and Anthropogenic Evolution Publications

Scerri, E. M. L.; Blinkhorn, J.; Groucutt, H. S.; Stewart, M.; Candy, I.; Allué, E.; Burguet-Coca, A.; Currás, A.; Carleton, W. C.; Lindauer, S. et al.; Spengler, R.; Boxleitner, K.; Asciak, G.; Colucci, M.; Gauci, R.; Hatton, A. G.; Kutowsky, J.; Maier, A.; Mata-González, M.; Mifsud, N.; Niang, K.; Roberts, P.; de Giorgio, J.; Xerri, R.; Vella, N. C.: Hunter-gatherer sea voyages extended to remotest Mediterranean islands. Nature, s41586-025-08780-y (2025)

Oleszczak, Ł.; Chugunov, K.; Michalczewski, K.; Pieńkos, I.; Gruszczyński, J.; Lewek, K.; Agapitova, N. A.; Caspari, G.: Insights into Early Iron Age social structure in the eastern steppes: excavation results of the Chinge-Tey Western Chain Kurgan 1. Journal of Field Archaeology, 2453780 (2025)

Murton, J. B.; Opel, T.; Toms, P.; Wood, J.; Boxleitner, K.; Savvinov, G.; Danilov, P.; Boeskorov, V.; Goslar, T.; Rogers, G. et al.; Lupachev, A.; Tikhonravova, Y.: Preliminary paleoenvironmental analysis and luminescence dating of upper Middle Pleistocene permafrost deposits of the Ulakhan Sular Formation, Adycha River, east Siberia. Quaternary Research, 36 (2025)

Mir-Makhamad, B.; Larsen, T.; Giddings Vassão, D.; Spengler III, R. N.; Wang, Y.: Bile acids as biomarkers in carbonized archaeological sediment: Insights from dung burning experiments. PLOS ONE 20 (2), e0312699, pp. 1 - 18 (2025)

Sadykov, T.; Blochin, J.; Taylor, W.; Fomicheva, D.; Kasparov, A.; Khavrin, S.; Malyutina, A.; Szidat, S.; Caspari, G.: A spectral cavalcade: Early Iron Age horse sacrifice at a royal tomb in southern Siberia. Antiquity 98 (402), 145 , pp. 1538 - 1557 (2024)

Mir Makhamad, B.; Bjorn, R.; Boxleitner, K.; Spengler III, R. N.: The Cotton Road: the history of an exchange commodity in Central Asia. Inner Asia 26 (2), 02602002, pp. 193 - 230 (2024)

Li, K.; Qin, X.; Plunkett, G.; Presslee, S.; Spengler, R.; Xu, B.; Wu, Y.; Tian, X.; Wei, D.; Wang, C. et al.; Shao, H.; Mu, G.; Jia, H.; Li, W.; Feng, J.; Liu, J.: Multi-proxy investigations of Bronze Age diet and environment in the hyper-arid eastern Tarim Basin (Lop Nur), northwest China. Journal of Archaeological Science 171, 106089, pp. 1 - 10 (2024)

Ritchey, M. M.; Tang, L.; Vaiglova, P.; Lu, H.; Sun, Y.; Frachetti, M. D.; Liu, X.: Into thin air: prehistoric intensive crop management in high altitude western Tibet. Frontiers in Environmental Archaeology 3, 1398209 (2024)

Slepchenko, S.; Sadykov, T.; Fomicheva, D.; Blochin, J.; Caspari, G.: Parasites provide evidence for fish consumption among Iron Age Siberian pastoralists. Scientific Reports 14 (1), 23551 (2024)

Krikunova, A. I.; Kobe, F.; Long, T.; Leipe, C.; Gliwa, J.; Shchetnikov, A. A.; Olschewski, P.; Hoelzmann, P.; Wagner, M.; Bezrukova, E. V. et al.; Tarasov, P. E.: Vegetation and fire history of the Lake Baikal Region since 32 ka BP reconstructed through microcharcoal and pollen analysis of lake sediment from Cis- and Trans-Baikal. Quaternary Science Reviews 340, 108867, pp. 1 - 18 (2024)

Dal Martello, R.; Min, R.; Stevens, C. J.; Qin, L.; Fuller, D. Q.: Morphometric approaches to Cannabis evolution and differentiation from archaeological sites: interpreting the archaeobotanical evidence from bronze age Haimenkou, Yunnan. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany 33, s00334-023-00966-6, pp. 503 - 518 (2024)

Schmitz, O.; Mehlhorn, P.; Finch, J.; Haberzettl, T.; Hahn, A.; Hill, T.; Kretschmer, K.; Frenzel , P.: Ostracoda and Foraminifera as bioindicators of (aquatic) pollution in the protected area of uMlalazi estuary, South Africa. Revue de micropaléontologie 83, 100771, pp. 1 - 24 (2024)

Krikunova, A. I.; Savelieva, L. A.; Long, T.; Leipe, C.; Kobe, F.; Kostromina, N. A.; Vasilyeva, A. V.; Tarasov, P. E.: Postglacial vegetation and climate change in the Lake Onega region of eastern Fennoscandia derived from a radiocarbon-dated pollen record. Quaternary International 695, 2024.04.003, pp. 31 - 44 (2024)

Antonosyan, M.; Roberts, P.; Aspaturyan, N.; Mkrtchyan, S.; Lucas, M.; Boxleitner, K.; Jabbour, F.; Hovhannisyan, A.; Cieślik, A.; Sahakyan, L. et al.; Avagyan, A.; Spengler, R.; Kandel, A. W.; Petraglia, M.; Boivin, N.; Yepiskoposyan, L.; Amano, N.: Multiproxy evidence for environmental stability in the lesser caucasus during the late pleistocene. Quaternary Science Reviews 330, 108559, pp. 1 - 22 (2024)

Peters, C.; Richter, K. K.; Wilkin, S.; Stark, S.; Mir Makhamad, B.; Fernandes, R.; Maksudov, F.; Mirzaakhmedov, S.; Rahmonov, H.; Schirmer, S. et al.; Ashastina, K.; Begmatov, A.; Frachetti, M.; Kurbanov, S.; Shenkar, M.; Hermes, T.; Kidd, F.; Omelchenko, A.; Huber, B.; Boivin, N. L.; Wang, S.; Lurje, P.; von Baeyer, M.; Dal Martello, R.; Spengler III, R. N.: Archaeological and molecular evidence for ancient chickens in Central Asia. Nature Communications 15, 2697 (2024)

Chen, X.-Y.; Xu, Y.-G.; Tarasov, P. E.; Leipe, C.; Kim, J.-H.; Yan, S.; Park, M.-H.; Chun, J.-H.; Chen, C.; He, P.-L. et al.; Blockley, S. P. E.: Revisiting the Tianwen Yellow Pumice (TYP) eruption of Changbaishan Volcano: Tephra correlation, eruption timing and its climatostratigraphical context. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 129 (4), e2023JB028563, pp. 1 - 18 (2024)

Mir-Makhamad, B.; Lurje, P.; Parshuto, V.; Pulotov, A.; Aminov, F.; Shenkar, M.; Saidov, M.; Semenov, N.; Kurbanov, S.; Mirzaakhmedov, S. et al.; Rakhmanov, K.; Dal Martello, R.; Spengler III, R. N.: Agriculture along the upper part of the Middle Zarafshan River during the first millennium AD: a multi-site archaeobotanical analysis. PLOS ONE 19 (3), e0297896 (2024)

Orfanou, E.; Zach, B.; Rohrlach, A. B.; Schneider, F. N.; Paust, E.; Lucas, M.; Hermes, T.; Ilgner, J.; Scott, E.; Ettel, P. et al.; Haak, W.; Spengler, R.; Roberts, P.: Biomolecular evidence for changing millet reliance in Late Bronze Age central Germany. Scientific Reports 14 (1), 4382 (2024)

Tripkovic, B.; Penezic, K.; Sivaljevic, I.; Klinji, R. s.; Cerovic, M.; Tripkovic, A.; Filipović, D.; Vukovic, J.: Обровчине у Ратковача: Лугу код Дубља (Богатић), локалитет типа обровац; стратиграфија, хронологија и окружење. Glasnik Srpskog Arheološkog Društva 40, 2, pp. 45 - 68 (2024)

Ventresca Miller, A. R.; Wilkin, S.; Smithers, R.; Larson, K.; Spengler, R.; Haruda, A.; Kradin, N.; Bazarov, B.; Miyagashev, D.; Odbaatar, T. et al.; Turbat, T.; Zhambaltarova, E.; Konovalov, P.; Bayarsaikhan, J.; Hein, A.; Hommel, P.; Nash, B.; Nayak, A.; Vanwezer, N.; Miller, B. K.; Fernandes, R.; Boivin, N.; Roberts, P.: Adaptability of millets and landscapes: ancient cultivation in North-Central Asia. Agronomy 13 (11), 2848 (2023)