The westernmost Bronze Age oasis settlement in the Tarim Basin: excavating at the Aketala sites
Excavations at Aketala reveal traces of human activity at the oases of the western Tarim Basin, north-western China, by at least 2200 BC. The recovered artefacts indicate that, by 1800 BC, the Andronovo culture had reached this region, bringing agropastoralism and developing the earliest regional evidence of bronze manufacturing techniques.
Authors
- Tao Shui
- Yun Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0960-7445)
- Shaobai Xiong
- Kai Cao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-7889-0115)
- Peng Ma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-0744-2821)
Institutions
- Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CN)
- Nanjing University of Science and Technology (CN)
- Chinese Academy of Cultural Heritage (CN)
- Nanjing University (CN)
- University of Science and Technology Beijing (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Antiquity
- Published
- 2025-11-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2025.10224
- Primary Topic
- Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Cultural Heritage Administration