Nomadic or sedentary? Determining lifestyle and subsistence of past populations in Central Asia using osteological, bone chemical and genetic techniques

游牧还是定居？利用骨学、骨化学和基因技术确定中亚过去人口的生活方式和生存。该研究的目的是应用一系列骨分析技术来调查中亚心脏地区过去人口的生存模式。将对乌斯蒂乌特高原和乌兹别克斯坦阿姆河沿岸的墓地中发现的以前未经研究的考古人类骨骼遗骸进行形态学、骨化学和遗传分析。结合现有的考古记录，这些分析将揭示古代中亚人民的生存模式、经济和相互关系的本质，最终目的是区分游牧和定居的生活方式。

Nomadic or sedentary? Determining lifestyle and subsistence of past populations in Central Asia using osteological, bone chemical and genetic techniques. The aim of the research is to apply a range of osteological analytical techniques to investigatge subsistence patterns of past populations from the heart of Central Asia. Morphological, bone chemical and genetic analyses will be undertaken on previously unstudied collections of archaeological human skeletal remains recovered from burial grounds located on the Ustiurt Plateau and the banks of the Amu Dariya, Uzbekistan. In conjunction with the existing archaeological record, these anlyses will reveal the nature of subsistence patterns, economy and inter-relationships of ancient Central Asian peoples, with the ultimate aim of differentiating nomadic and sedentary lifestyles.