On the Road — Bioarchaeological and Cultural Scientific Aspects of Non-Sedentary Communities

Welcome and introduction to the workshop

The beginnings of nomadism in the West Eurasian steppe: history of research during the Soviet and post-Soviet time

Mobility patterns of Early Bronze Age communities in the West Eurasian steppe: isotopic analysis and challenging aspects

On the trail of the nomads of the Sayan-Altai uplands: isotopic analyses of horse tooth enamel from first millennium BC funerary barrows

Bioarchaeological research in the Bronze to Iron Age cemetery Maikhan Tolgoi, Central Mongolia: state of research and future prospects

Current mobilities in Central Asia

The isotopic nomad: pastoralist preconceptions and biomolecular pitfalls

Models of mobility for the Caucasus and the Pre-Caucasian steppe: implications from archaeology, geoinformatics and stable isotope data

Between the Yeylaq and Qeslaq: tracking prehistoric herders of the Iranian Plateau

The rise and fall of the Soviet herdsman: mobility, management and herding techniques in Russian reindeer husbandry since the 1920s

Non-settled communities: new insights from ancient DNA

On the road to food production in the Nile Delta: changes in subsistence in Lower Egypt, with emphasis on Merimde Beni Salame

Forms of Tuareg mobility

Models and methods: ethnoarchaeology, analogical reasoning and the archaeology of nomadism

Final discussion