The Ecology of Mobility in the Eurasian Steppes

Panel 1

9-11am

Animal Style Art as a Signal of Religious Affiliation
Kathryn MacFarland, Arizona State Museum

The Continuity and the Change of Uyghur Rulers’ Legitimation
Yukiyo Kasai, Ruhr University, Bochum (Germany)

The Great Game on the Silk Road
Bryan K. Miller, University of Michigan

Discussant: James Lankton, UCL/UC Berkeley

Panel 2
12pm-2pm

Glacial Archaeology and High Altitude Prehistory in the Mongolian Steppe
William Taylor, University of Colorado Museum of Natural History

Before the Silk Roads
Alicia Ventresca Miller, University of Michigan

The Archaeology Behind Genetic Ancestries of Central Eurasia
Michael Frachetti, Washington University in St. Louis

Discussant: Andrew Womack, Furman University