{"id":2247,"date":"2025-11-20T12:58:28","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T11:58:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/centerforthehumanpast.se\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=2247"},"modified":"2025-11-20T12:59:23","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T11:59:23","slug":"human-past-journal-club-6","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/centerforthehumanpast.se\/index.php\/event\/human-past-journal-club-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Human Past Journal Club"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<h4>Discussion paper:<\/h4>\r\n<p>Antonosyan, M., Maurer, G., Mkrtchyan, S., Boxleitner, K., Saribekyan, M., Hovhannisyan, A., &#8230; <strong>Amano, N.<\/strong>, &#8230; &amp; Yepiskoposyan, L. (2025). A biomolecular perspective on mobile pastoralism and its role in wider socioeconomic connections in the Chalcolithic South Caucasus.\u00a0<em>iScience<\/em>,\u00a0<em>28<\/em>(6). <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.isci.2025.112544\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.isci.2025.112544<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Abstract<\/h4>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Mobile pastoralism is widely evoked when discussing technological developments, resource procurement,\u00a0<em>trans<\/em>-regional interactions, and exchange networks in the South Caucasus. In this study, we conduct a comprehensive multiproxy investigation of faunal and botanical remains from the Middle to Late Chalcolithic in southern Armenia, at the high altitude Yeghegis-1 site, to directly assess herd mobility and human subsistence practices.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Our findings indicate that, alongside intensified interregional connectivity, the inhabitants practiced a rather sedentary form of multi-resource pastoralism, while maintaining herds at the site year-round. These results complement and expand upon models of pastoral mobility and its perceived crucial role in sustaining inter- and intra-regional connectivity.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>We argue that alternative models of increased intra-regional connectivity, focused on exchange between different specialized settled economies, need to be considered and further research is essential to unravel the complex interplay between subsistence, trade, and socio-economic dynamics. Discussion moderator: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gea.mpg.de\/person\/53942\/2944\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Noel Amano<\/a>, Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology<\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:post-content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Discussion paper: Antonosyan, M., Maurer, G., Mkrtchyan, S., Boxleitner, K., Saribekyan, M., Hovhannisyan, A., &#8230; Amano, N., &#8230; &amp; Yepiskoposyan, L. (2025). 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