claim · claim_crop_dispersal_not_people
The appearance of millet, wheat or barley in a new highland context demonstrates crop movement or cultivation, not a specific migrating people.
The appearance of millet, wheat or barley in a new highland context demonstrates crop movement or cultivation, not a specific migrating people.
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Evidence and sources
Supporting sources
- supports · provides scientific evidence
Archaeobotanical investigations at high-elevation sites of the Pamir Mountains and Fergana foothills — Kseniia Boxleitner, Robert N. Spengler III, Valentina Alekseitseva, Temirlan Chargynov, Aida Abdykanova, Navruz Sayfuloev, Svetlana V. Shnaider (2026)Provides the early highland crop evidence.
Locator: Directly dated Surungur millet - supports · provides scientific evidence
Late Bronze Age agriculture at Tasbas in the Dzhungar Mountains of eastern Kazakhstan — Robert N. Spengler III, Michael D. Frachetti, Paula N. Doumani (2014)Shows cultivation after dispersal.
Locator: Local crop production
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