Landscape regularities of human colonization of the Tuva territory in the Scythian time (8th–3rd centuries B. C.)

• Published in: Geography and natural resources Vol. 37; no. 3; pp. 237 - 245
• Main Authors: Glebova, A. B., Chistyakov, K. V.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Moscow Pleiades Publishing 01.07.2016; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Climate; Earth and Environmental Science; Economic Geography; Economic sectors; Geographic information systems; Geography; Historic buildings & sites; Historic sites; Historical account; Human settlements; Humid climates; Landscape; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning; Mountains; Regional Problems of Environmental Studies and Natural Resources Utilization; Spatial analysis; Spatial distribution; Tuva; landscapes; Tuva; Scythian time; climate change; geoarchaeology

We discuss the issues related to the human colonization of the Tuva landscapes in the Scythian time. An analysis is made of the spatial and landscape confinedness of archaeological sites having regard to the Late-Holocene rhythms of climate change in the mountains. For the historical-landscape analy...