Domestication and Anthropogenic Evolution Publications

Spengler III, R. N.: Historical developments of Anthropocene concepts. Quaternary International 761, 110172, pp. 1 - 14 (2026)

Steuri, N.; Glasburn, C. L.; Hafner, A.; Reuther, J. D.; Caspari, G.: An inland arctic biface production site in the Northern Brooks Range (Alaska, USA). Quaternary International 766, 110256 (2026)

Mir Makhamad, B.; Spengler III, R. N.; Motuzaite Matuzeviciute, G.; Zach, B.; Sarkady, C.; Kaniuth, K.: Seeds of time: archaeobotanical insights into late Bronze Age agriculture from the heart of Central Asia. Human Ecology: an interdisciplinary journal 54 (2), 25 (2026)

Leipe, C.; Nykamp, M.; Hoelzmann, P.; Handfried, D.; Shchetnikov, A. A.; Bezrukova, E. V.; Wagner, M.; Tarasov, P. E.: High-resolution hydroclimatic variability in northern Inner Asia in response to North Atlantic temperature changes during the last 2500 years. Global and Planetary Change 261, 105426 (2026)

Endo, E.; Kaliyeva, Z.; Utubayev, Z.; Kasenova, A. D.; Suyundikova, M.; Onggaruly, A.; Spengler III, R. N.; Shoda, S.: Grain impressions in ceramic vessels illustrate the extent of 1st millennium bc agriculture across the northern Central Asian steppe. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany 35, s00334-025-01058-3, pp. 363 - 375 (2026)

Spengler III, R. N.: Integrating ecological release into the domestication equation. Quaternary Science Reviews 379, 109875 (2026)

Dykan, N. I.; Gildeeva Schmitz, O.; Daniel, T.; Frenzel, P.: Systematics of quaternary and recent marine Ostracods (Arthropoda, Crustacea, Ostracoda, Podocopida) from South Africa: Hemicytheridae, Trachyleberidae (Part 1). Zootaxa 5759 (4) (2026)

Bezić, A.; Filipović, D.: When is Archaeology?: A flotation machine, an art exhibition and the (un)sievable realm of possibilities. Journal of contemporary archaeology 12 (1), 31080, pp. 1 - 26 (2026)

Chen, F.; Jin, L.; Bourgeois, J.; Zuo, X.; Van de Voorde, T.; Gheyle, W.; Balz, T.; Caspari, G.: Ancient burial mounds detection in the Altai Mountains with high-resolution satellite images. Remote Sensing 18 (2), 185 (2026)

Golikov, A. V.; Vokhshoori, N.; Sabirov, R. M.; Andersen, N.; Piatkowski, U.; Larsen, T.: Trophic ecology of cephalopod paralarvae in the Sargasso Sea revealed from compound-specific stable isotope analysis of amino acids (δ13C and δ15N). Marine Ecology Progess Series 782, 15107, pp. 1 - 14 (2026)

Mir Makhamad, B.; Spengler III, R. N.: Testing the applicability of Watson’s Green Revolution concept in first millennium ce Central Asia. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany 35 (1), s00334-023-00924-2, pp. 143 - 155 (2026)

Kempf, M.; Depaermentier, M. L. C.; Spengler III, R. N.; Frachetti, M. D.; Chen, F.; Luterbacher, J.; Xoplaki , E.; Büntgen, U.: Hydroclimatic instability accelerated the socio-political decline of the Tang Dynasty in northern China. Communications Earth & Environment 6, 1003 (2025)

Boxleitner, K.; Spengler III, R. N.; Alekseitseva, V.; Chargynov, T.; Abdykanova, A.; Sayfuloev, N.; Shnaider, S.: Archaeobotanical investigations at high-elevation sites of the Pamir Mountains and Fergana Foothills. iScience 29 (1), 114349 (2025)

Sadykov, T.; Blochin, J.; Khavrin, S.; Caspari, G.: Expanding the corpus of the earliest Scythian animal-style artefacts. Antiquity 99 (408), 10214 , pp. 1569 - 1585 (2025)

Ayayee, P.; Cluster, G.; Clayton, J.; Price, J.; Ramer-Tait, A.; Larsen, T.: Assessing gut microbial provisioning of essential amino acids to host in a murine model with reconstituted gut microbiomes. Communications Biology 8, 1604 (2025)

Brancaleoni, G.; Shnaider, S. V.; Blinnikov, M.; Boxleitner, K.; Mentzer, S. M.; Alekseitseva, V.; Zhilich, S. V.; Chargynov, T.; Alisher kyzy, S.; Parkhomchuk, E. V. et al.; Spengler III, R. N.; Viola, B.; Krivoshapkin, A. I.; Krajcarz, M. T.: Inner Asian agropastoralism within the Mongol Empire: multi-proxy investigations at Sel'Ungur Cave, Kyrgyzstan. Geoarchaeology: an international journal 40 (6), e70032, pp. 1 - 24 (2025)

Tarasov, P. E.; Kobe, F.; Leipe, C.; Shchetnikov, A. A.; Bezrukova, E. V.; Habermann, L.-H.; Hoelzmann, P.; Nykamp, M.; Gliwa, J.; Krikunova, A. I. et al.; Kostrova, S. S.; Long, T.; Wagner, M.: Environmental and cultural transformations in the Lake Baikal Region reflect hemispheric-scale changes in temperature and atmospheric circulation over the past 8800 years. Global and Planetary Change 256, 105157 (2025)

Leipe, C.; Sergusheva, E. A.; Robbeets, M.; Wertmann, P.; Kradin, N. N.; Wagner, M.; Tarasov, P. E.: Timing and cultural-environmental context of the spread of barley to and within northern East Asia. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 67, 105372, pp. 1 - 15 (2025)

Caspari, G.; Deter-Wolf, A.; Riday, D.; Vavulin, M.; Pankova, S.: High-resolution near-infrared data reveal Pazyryk tattooing methods. Antiquity 99 (407), 10150 , pp. 1267 - 1281 (2025)

Zhoua, X.; Spengler III, R. N.; Sayfullaeve, B.; Mutalibjonf, K.; Mab, J.; Liua, J.; Shena, H.; Zhaoa, K.; Chena, G.; Wanga, J. et al.; Stidhama, T. A.; Xuh, H.; Zhangh, G.; Yanga, Q.; Houa, Y.; Maa, J.; Kambarovb, N.; Jiangc, H.; Maksudove, F.; Goldsteini, S.; Wangb, J.; Fullerj, D. Q.; Lia, X.: 9,000-year-old barley consumption in the foothills of central Asia. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 122 (36), 242409312, pp. 1 - 8 (2025)