Gobi-Steppe Neolithic
Publications
Annual Reports on Fieldwork (in Mongolian):
Peer-Reviewed Publication:
- 2023 Odsuren, D., L. Janz, W. Fox, D. Bukhchuluun. Otson Tsokhio and Zuun Shovkh: the Initial Upper Palaeolithic in Eastern Mongolia. Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology 6, Article 10. DOI 10.1007/s41982-023-00139-
- 2022 Rosen, A. M., L. Janz, D. Bukhchuluun, D. Odsuren. Holocene Desertification and Human Resilience in the Eastern Gobi Desert, Mongolia. The Holocene 32(12). DOI 10.1177/09596836221121777
- 2021 Dubreuil, L., A. Evoy, L. Janz. The New Oasis: Potential of Use-Wear for Studying Plant Exploitation in the Gobi Desert Neolithic. Access Archaeology (Archaeopress). (in press) (no active link available yet)
- 2021 Janz, L., A. M. Rosen, D. Bukhchuluun, and D. Odsuren. Zaraa Uul: An Archaeological Record of Holocene Palaeoecology in the Gobi Desert. PLOS ONE 16(4): e0249848. DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0249848
- 2021 Zhao, C., L. Janz, D. Bukhchuluun, and D. Odsuren. Neolithic pathways in East Asia: early sedentism on the Mongolian Plateau. Antiquity. DOI 10.15184/aqy.2020.236
- 2020 Janz, L., A. Cameron, D. Bukhchuluun, D. Odsuren, L. Dubreuil. Expanding frontier and building the sphere in arid East Asia. Quaternary International 559: 150-164. DOI 10.1016/j.quaint.2020.04.041
- 2019 Janz, L. and J. Conolly (Eds.). “Circumpolar Archaeology,” World Archaeology 51(3).
- 2019 Janz. L., and J. Conolly. Margins of the centre or critical peripheries? World Archaeology 51(3): 347-354. DOI 10.1080/00438243.2019.1729500
- 2019 ArchaeoGLOBE Project. Archaeological assessment reveals Earth’s early transformation through land use. Science. August 30, 2019. DOI 10.1126/science.aax1192
- 2018 Janz, L., and D. Bukhchuluun. Говийн бүс нутгийн харилцаа ба нийгэмд гарсан өөрчлөлт (Prehistoric interregional relations and social change in the Gobi Desert). Studia Archaeologica 37: 30-45. (in Mongolian with English abstract)
- 2018 Frieman, C., and L. Janz. A very remote storage box indeed… The perils and rewards of revisiting old collections. Journal of Field Archaeology 43(3): 1-13. DOI 10.1080/00934690.2018.1458527
- 2017 Janz, L, D. Odsuren, D. Bukchuluun. Transitions in palaeoecology and technology, hunter-gatherers and early herders in the Gobi Desert. Journal of World Prehistory 30(1): 1-81. (in English with Mongolian abstract) DOI 10.1007/s10963-016-9100-5
- 2016 Janz, L. Fragmented landscapes and economies of abundance: the Broad Spectrum Revolution in arid East Asia. With comments and response. Current Anthropology 57(5): 537-564. DOI 10.10086/688436
- 2015 Odsuren, D., D. Bukchuluun, L. Janz. Preliminary results of Neolithic research conducted in eastern Mongolia. Studia Archaeologica 35: 72-96. (in Mongolian with English abstract)
- 2015 Janz, L., J. Feathers, and G. S. Burr. Dating surface assemblages using pottery and eggshell: assessing radiocarbon and luminescence techniques in Northeast Asia. Journal of Archaeological Science 57: 119-129. DOI 10.1016/j.jas.2015.02.006
- 2012 Chronology of Post-Glacial Settlement in the Gobi Desert and the Neolithization of Arid Mongolia and China. PhD Thesis. School of Anthropology, University of Arizona.
- 2012 Wright, J., and Janz, L. The Younger Dryas in the Northeast Asian Steppe: Mongolia, the Gobi Desert and the Eastern Altai Mountains, in: Eren, M. (Ed.), Hunter-Gatherer Behavior: Human Response during the Younger Dryas. Left Coast Press, Walnut Creek, pp. 231-248.
- 2009 Janz, L., R. G. Elston, G. S. Burr. Dating Northeast Asian surface assemblages with ostrich eggshell: implications for palaeoecology and extirpation. Journal of Archaeological Science 36: 1982-1989. DOI 10.1016/j.jas.2009.05.012
- 2007 Janz, L. Pastoralism and Ideological Resistance to Agriculture: Mongolia from Prehistory to Modern Times. Arizona Anthropologist 18: 28-52.
- 2006 Shabarakh-usu and the Dune Dwellers of the Gobi: Explanations for Lithic Assemblage Variability in the Gobi Desert, Mongolia. Master’s Thesis. Department of Anthropology, University of Arizona.