Exploring early Central Tibetan Agro-pastoralist Lifeways through Animal Bones

With an average elevation of over 5000 meters above sea level (m.a.s.l.), the Tibetan Plateau’s extreme climate poses specific challenges for human beings including hypoxia and the difficulty of attaining a reliable year-round food supply. Anthropological research has contributed significantly to our understanding of the development of high-altitude adaptations on the Tibetan Plateau, but archaeologists’ […]