Central Asia: genetics and archaeology
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In book: Ness E. (Ed.) The Encyclopedia of Global Human Migration. Volume I: Prehistory. — Blackwell, 2013. — pp. 184-190.This chapter discusses human migrations in Central Asia, with particular reference to the genetics of the Indo-Iranian- and Turkic-speaking populations and the archaeological record of pastoralism on the Steppes, from the Caspian Sea to the Tian Shan Mountains.