Recent News

  • Conference Presentation at the International Working Group for Paleoethnobotany (IWGP) 2025 Meeting in Groningen, Netherlands

    “Ancient Protein Analysis in Archaeobotany: New Frontiers and Future Directions”

  • Conference Presentation at the International Society for Biomolecular Archaeology (ISBA) 2025 Meeting in Turin, Italy

    “The Early Spread of Rice (Oryza sativa) in Iron Age Central Asia: New Paleoproteomic Evidence from the Mongolian Steppe (c. 250 BC-150 AD)”

  • New Publication

    (2025) Early Agriculture on the Mongolian Steppe: Excavations at Khairt Suuryn, A Xiongnu Site in Northeastern Mongolia

    Smithsonian Institution and National Museum of Natural History: Arctic Studies Center Newsletter, Volume 32.

  • Conference Presentation at the Society for American Archaeology (SAA) 90th Annual Meeting in Denver, CO, USA

    “Unearthing the Origins of Agriculture on the Mongolian Steppe: New Data and New Perspectives.” Session: Divergent Paths, Shared Histories: Examining Archaeological Trends from the Caucasus to Mongolia.

  • New Publication

    (2023) Excavations at Aduun Ordon in the Mongolian Gobi

    Smithsonian Institution and National Museum of Natural History: Arctic Studies Center Newsletter, Volume 30.

  • New Publication

    (2023) Multiresource Pastoralism, Dynamic Foodways, and Ancient Statecraft in Mongolia

    Land, 12(9):1715. https://doi.org/10.3390/land12091715

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