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A hydromorphic re-evaluation of the forgotten river civilizations of Central Asia

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The Aral Sea basin in Central Asia and its major rivers, the Amu Darya and Syr Darya, were the center of advanced river civilizations, and a principal hub of the Silk Roads over a period of more than 2,000 y. The region’s decline has been traditionally attributed to the devastating Mongol invasion of the early-13th century CE. However, the role of changing hydroclimatic conditions on the development of these culturally influential potamic societies has not been the subject of modern geoarchae...

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10.1073/pnas.2009553117

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
SSD
Department:
SOGE
Sub department:
Geography
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Author
Publisher:
National Academy of Sciences Publisher's website
Journal:
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Journal website
Volume:
117
Issue:
52
Pages:
32982-32988
Publication date:
2020-12-14
Acceptance date:
2020-11-02
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EISSN:
1091-6490
ISSN:
0027-8424
Language:
English
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Pubs id:
1145547
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pubs:1145547
Deposit date:
2020-11-16

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