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“Horsepower will explore and unravel the intricacies of the unique relationship between the peoples of China and Mongolia."

Jessica Rawson

Multiple animal species along the Silk Roads underpinned jade mining in the Hexi Corridor of Warring States China

Yury N. Esin; Andrey V. Poliakov Linyao Du, Yishi Yang, Lele Ren, Menghan Qiu, Tingting Yan, Guoke Chen, Ruiliang Liu, Guanghui Dong, Fahu Che

Archaeological Science

Published in 2026

Birds of Prey in the Art of Early Asian Herders and the Problem of the Origins of Falconry

Yury N. Esin

LEIZA Publications

Published in 2025

Heads without bodies: Evidence of cattle sacrifice in the rock art and burials of the Okunev culture in southern Siberia

Yury N. Esin; Andrey V. Poliakov

Archaeological Research in Asia

Published in 2025

The development of copper metallurgy in ancient Mongolia: The current state of knowledge

Noost Bayarkhuu

Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports

Published in 2025

High tin or high lead: distinctive alloying practices of the pastoral Yuhuangmiao culture in Northeast China during the first millennium BCE

Wenxun Ren; Ruiliang Liu; Yanxiang Li; Xiaojia Tang; Rubin Han; Fengyi Jin; Limin Huan; Mark Pollard

Archaeometry

Published in 2025

State intervention in post-Qin bronze production in Sichuan: scientific insights from mou vessels

Xiaoting Wang; Ruiliang Liu; Ning Wang; Yindong Yang; Tao Jing; Ruizhe Wang; Pei Li; Tao Yang; Wugan Luo

Antiquity

Published in 2025

Yuhuangmiao: The Socio-Cultural Dynamics of a Community Between the Steppes and the Chinese Plains

Limin Huan; Ursula Brosseder

Asian Archaeology

Published in 2024

A view from the countryside: radiocarbon chronology for Zaolinhetan of the pre-Zhou culture in Early Dynastic China

Xiaojian Li; Wei Liu; Yongxiang Xu; Haifeng Dou; Allen Mark Pollard; Ruiliang Liu

Radiocarbon

Published in 2024

Human-environment interaction systems between regional and continental scales in mid-latitude Eurasia during 6000–3000 years ago

Guanghui Dong; Linyao Du; Ruiliang Liu; Yuejiao Li; Fahu Chen

The Innovation Geoscience 1(3)

Published in 2023

Interactions between China, Mongolia and the steppe 2000-0 BCE

“Horsepower will explore and unravel the intricacies of the unique relationship between the peoples of China and Mongolia."

Jessica Rawson

Multiple animal species along the Silk Roads underpinned jade mining in the Hexi Corridor of Warring States China

Birds of Prey in the Art of Early Asian Herders and the Problem of the Origins of Falconry

Heads without bodies: Evidence of cattle sacrifice in the rock art and burials of the Okunev culture in southern Siberia

The development of copper metallurgy in ancient Mongolia: The current state of knowledge

High tin or high lead: distinctive alloying practices of the pastoral Yuhuangmiao culture in Northeast China during the first millennium BCE

State intervention in post-Qin bronze production in Sichuan: scientific insights from mou vessels

Yuhuangmiao: The Socio-Cultural Dynamics of a Community Between the Steppes and the Chinese Plains

Limin Huan; Ursula Brosseder

A view from the countryside: radiocarbon chronology for Zaolinhetan of the pre-Zhou culture in Early Dynastic China

Human-environment interaction systems between regional and continental scales in mid-latitude Eurasia during 6000–3000 years ago

Guanghui Dong; Linyao Du; Ruiliang Liu; Yuejiao Li; Fahu Chen