Early urban occupation in the Tarim Basin: recent fieldwork results from the fortified site of Kuiyukexiehai'er (Koyuk Shahri)

Archaeological fieldwork at the fortified site of Kuiyukexiehai'er (Koyuk Shahri) in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of north-western China yields the earliest known evidence for urban occupation in the Tarim Basin, providing new insights into early urbanism and agro-pastoral subsistence p...

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Published in:Antiquity 2022-04, Vol.96 (386), p.463-470
Main Authors: Dang, Zhihao, Li, Chunchang, Zhang, Xiangpeng, Xu, Youcheng, Li, Yue, Tian, Duo, Zhang, Chengrui
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Archaeology
Barley
Cemeteries
Cultural heritage
Culture
Excavation
Field study
Fieldwork
Historic artifacts
Prehistory
Project Gallery
Uighurs
Urbanism
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Summary:Archaeological fieldwork at the fortified site of Kuiyukexiehai'er (Koyuk Shahri) in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of north-western China yields the earliest known evidence for urban occupation in the Tarim Basin, providing new insights into early urbanism and agro-pastoral subsistence practices in the region during the first millennium BC.
ISSN:0003-598X
1745-1744
DOI:10.15184/aqy.2022.18