Publications of Robert N. Spengler

Spengler, R. N.: Niche construction theory in Archaeology: a critical review. Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory 28 (3), s10816-021-09528-4, pp. 925 - 955 (2021)

Mueller, N. G.; Spengler III, R. N.; Glenn, A.; Lama, K.: Bison, anthropogenic fire, and the origins of agriculture in eastern North America. The Anthropocene Review 8 (2), 2053019620961119, pp. 141 - 158 (2021)

Spengler, R. N.; Tang, L.; Nayak, A.; Boivin, N.; Olivieri, L. M.: The southern Central Asian mountains as an ancient agricultural mixing zone: new archaeobotanical data from Barikot in the Swat valley of Pakistan. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany 30, s00334-020-00798-8, pp. 463 - 476 (2021)

Spengler, R. N.; Ventresca Miller, A. R.; Schmaus, T.; Matuzevičiūtė, G. M.; Miller, B. K.; Wilkin, S.; Taylor, W. T. T.; Li, Y.; Roberts, P.; Boivin, N.: An imagined past?: Nomadic narratives in Central Asian archaeology. Current Anthropology 62 (3), 714245, pp. 251 - 286 (2021)

Motuzaite Matuzeviciute, G.; Mir Makhamad, B.; Spengler, R. N.: Interpreting diachronic size variation in prehistoric Central Asian cereal grains. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 9, 633634 (2021)

Taylor, W. T. T.; Pruvost, M.; Posth, C.; Rendu, W.; Krajcarz, M. T.; Abdykanova, A.; Brancaleoni, G.; Spengler, R.; Hermes, T.; Schiavinato, S. et al.; Hodgins, G.; Stahl, R.; Min, J.; Alisher kyzy, S.; Fedorowicz, S.; Orlando, L.; Douka, K.; Krivoshapkin, A.; Jeong, C.; Warinner, C.; Shnaider, S.: Evidence for early dispersal of domestic sheep into Central Asia. Nature Human Behaviour, s41562-021-01083-y (2021)

Tan, L.; Dong, G.; An, Z.; Lawrence Edwards, R.; Li, H.; Li, D.; Spengler, R.; Cai, Y.; Cheng, H.; Lan, J. et al.; Orozbaev, R.; Liu, R.; Chen, J.; Xu, H.; Chen, F.: Megadrought and cultural exchange along the proto-silk road. Science Bulletin 66 (6), 2020.10.011, pp. 603 - 611 (2021)

Spengler, R. N.; Petraglia, M.; Roberts, P.; Ashastina, K.; Kistler, L.; Mueller, N. G.; Boivin, N.: Exaptation traits for megafaunal Mutualisms as a factor in plant domestication. Frontiers in Plant Science 12, 649394 (2021)

Tang, L.; Lu, H.; Song, J.; Wangdue, S.; Chen, X.; Zhang, Z.; Liu, X.; Boivin, N.; Spengler, R. N.: The transition to a barley-dominant cultivation system in Tibet: First millennium BC archaeobotanical evidence from Bangga. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 61, 101242, pp. 1 - 11 (2021)

Xinying, Z.; Lin, Z.; Spengler III, R. N.; Keliang, Z.; Junchi, L.; Xing, X.; Yige, B.; Dodson, J.; Hai, X.; Xiaoqiang, L.: Water management and wheat yields in ancient China: Carbon isotope discrimination of archaeological wheat grains. The Holocene 31 (2), 0959683620970249, pp. 285 - 293 (2021)

Shen, H.; Li, X.; Spengler, R.; Zhou, X.; Zhao, K.: Forest cover and composition on the Loess Plateau during the Middle to Late-Holocene: Integrating wood charcoal analyses. The Holocene 31 (1), 0959683620961486, pp. 38 - 49 (2021)

Spengler, R. N.; Stark, S.; Zhou, X.; Fuks, D.; Tang, L.; Mir Makhamad, B.; Bjørn, R.; Jiang, H.; Olivieri, L. M.; Begmatov, A. et al.; Boivin, N.: A journey to the west: the ancient dispersal of rice out of East Asia. Rice 14 (1), 83, pp. 1 - 18 (2021)

Wilkin, S.; Ventresca Miller, A.; Fernandes, R.; Spengler, R.; Taylor, W. T. T.; Brown, D. R.; Reich, D.; Kennett, D. J.; Culleton, B. J.; Kunz, L. et al.; Fortes, C.; Kitova, A.; Kuznetsov, P.; Epimakhov, A.; Zaibert, V. F.; Outram, A. K.; Kitov, E.; Khokhlov, A.; Anthony, D.; Boivin, N.: Dairying enabled Early Bronze Age Yamnaya steppe expansions. Nature 598, s41586-021-03798-4, pp. 629 - 633 (2021)

Yang, Q.; Zhou, X.; Spengler III, R. N.; Zhao, K.; Liu, J.; Bao, Y.; Jia, P. W.; Li, X.: Prehistoric agriculture and social structure in the southwestern Tarim Basin: multiproxy analyses at Wupaer. Scientific Reports 10 (1), 14235, pp. 1 - 11 (2020)

Stark, S.; Kidd, F. J.; Mirzaakhmedov, J. K.; Wang, S.; Spengler III, R. N.; Mirzaakhmedov, S. J.; Silvia, Z.; Pozzi, S.; Rakhmonov, H.; Sligar, M. et al.; Sultanova, M.: The Uzbek-American expedition in Bukhara: preliminary report on the third season (2017). Iran: Journal of the British Institute of Persian Studies 58 (1), 05786967.2020.1769495 (2020)

Ventresca Miller, A. R.; Spengler III, R. N.; Haruda, A.; Miller, B. K.; Wilkin, S.; Robinson, S.; Roberts, P.; Boivin, N. L.: Ecosystem engineering among ancient pastoralists in Northern Central Asia. Frontiers in Earth Science 8, 168 (2020)

Chen, G.; Zhou, X.; Wang, J.; Ma, J.; Khasannov, M.; Khasanov, N.; Spengler, R. N.; Berdimurodov, A.; Li, X.: Kushan Period rice in the Amu Darya Basin: evidence for prehistoric exchange along the southern Himalaya. Science China Earth Sciences 63 (6), s11430-019-9585-2, pp. 841 - 851 (2020)

Spengler III, R. N.: Anthropogenic seed dispersal: rethinking the origins of plant domestication. Trends in Plant Science 25 (4), 2020.01.005, pp. 340 - 348 (2020)

Spengler, R. N.: Anthropogenic seed dispersal: rethinking the origins of plant domestication. Trends in Plant Science 25 (4), 2020.01.005, pp. 340 - 348 (2020)

Wilkin, S.; Ventresca Miller, A.; Miller, B. K.; Spengler, R. N.; Taylor, W. T. T.; Fernandes, R.; Hagan, R. W.; Bleasdale, M.; Zech, J.; Ulziibayar, S. et al.; Myagmar, E.; Boivin, N.; Roberts, P.: Economic diversification supported the growth of Mongolia’s Nomadic Empires. Scientific Reports 10 (1), 3916 (2020)