Publications

2022

Hermes T.R., Tabaldiev K., Motuzaite Matuzeviciute G. (2022) Carbon and oxygen stable isotopic evidence for resilient sheep and goat husbandry amid a Final Bronze Age farming milieu in the Kyrgyz Tian Shan. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology. doi:10.1002/oa.3103

Scott A., Reinhold S, Hermes T.R., Kalmykov A.A., Belinskiy A., Buzhilova A., Berezina N., Kantorovich A.R., Maslov V.E., Guliyev F., Lyonnet B., Gasimov P., Jalilov B., Eminli J., Iskandarov E., Hammer E., Nugent S., Hagan R., Majander K., Onkamo P., Nordqvist K., Shishlina N., Kaverzneva E., Korolev A.I., Khokhlov A.A., Smolyaninov R.V., Sharapova S.V., Krause R., Karapetian M., Stolarzyk E., Krause J., Hansen S., Haak S., Warinner C. (2022) Emergence and intensification of dairying in the Caucasus and Eurasian steppes. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 6, 813 822. doi:10.1038/s41559-022-01701-6

2021

Hermes T.R., Doumani Dupuy P.N., Henry E.R., Meyer M., Mar’yashev A.N., Frachetti M.D.(2021) The Multi-Period Settlement Dali in Southeastern Kazakhstan: Bronze Age Institutional Dynamics along the Inner Asian Mountain Corridor. Asian Perspectives, 60(2), 345-381. doi:10.1353/asi.2021.0004

Hermes T.R., Shnaider S.V., Semibratov V.P., Kungurov A.L, Tishkin A.A. (2021) Revisiting the emergence of pastoralism in the Altai Mountains through interactions between local hunter-gatherer and Afanasievo communities. Archaeological Research in Asia, 26, 100281. doi:10.1016/j.ara.2021.100281

Taylor W.T.T., Pruvost M., Posth C., Rendu W., Krajcarz M.T., Abdykanova A., Brancaleoni G., Spengler R., Hermes T.R., Schiavinato S., Hodgins G., Stahl R., Min J., Kyzy Saltanat A., Fedorowicz S., Orlando L., Douka K., Krivoshapkin A., Jeong C., Warinner C., Shnaider S. (2021) Evidence for early dispersal of domestic sheep into Central Asia. Nature Human Behaviour, 5, 1169-1179. doi:10.1038/s41562-021-01083-y

Olenchenko V.V., Shnaider S.V., Osipova P.S., Kalganov A.C., Markovskii G.N. Alisher Kyzy S., Hermes T.R., Tishkin A.A. (2021) Результаты геофизических исследований на памятнике Усть-Бийке-1(Алтай) – Results of geophysical research at the Ust-Biike-1 site. Теория и Практика Археологических Исследований – Theory and Practice of Archaeological Research, 33(1), 73-84

2020

Hermes T.R., Tishkin A.A., Kosintsev P.A., Stepanova N.F., Krause-Kyora B., Makarewicz C.A. (2020) Mitochondrial DNA of domesticated sheep confirms pastoralist component of Afanasievo subsistence economy in the Altai Mountains (3300-2900 BC). Archaeological Research in Asia, 24, 100232. doi:10.1016/j.ara.2020.100232

Hermes, T.R., Frachetti M.D., Voyakin D., Yerlomaeva A., Beisenov A.Z., Doumani Dupuy P.N., Papin D.  Motuzaite-Matuzeviciute G., Bayarsaikhan J., Houle J-L., Tishkin A.A., Nebel A., Krause-Kyora B., Makarewicz C.A. (2020) High mitochondrial diversity of domesticated goats persisted among Bronze and Iron Age pastoralists in the Inner Asian Mountain Corridor. PLOS ONE, e0233333. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0233333

Motuzaite Matuzeviciute G., Hermes T.R., Mir-Makhamad B., Tabaldiev K. (2020) Southwest Asian cereal crops facilitated high-elevation agriculture in the central Tien Shan during the mid-third millennium BCE. PLOS ONE, e0229372. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0229372

Motuzaite Matuzeviciute G., Tabaldiev K., Hermes T.R., Ananyevskaya E., Merkyte I., Luneau E., Grikpedis M., Rouse L.M. (2020) High-altitude agro-pastoralism in the Kyrgyz Tien Shan: new excavations of the Chap farmstead (1065-825 cal BC). Journal of Field Archaeology, 45:1, 29-45. doi:10.1080/00934690.2019.1672128

2019

Hermes T.R., Frachetti M.D., Doumani Dupuy P.N., Mar’yashev A.N., Nebel A., Makarewicz C.A. (2019) Early integration of pastoralism and millet cultivation in Bronze Age Eurasia. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 286, 20191273. doi:10.1098/rspb.2019.1273

Maksudov F., Bullion E.A., Henry E.R., Hermes T.R., Merkle A.M., Frachetti M.D. (2019) Nomadic urbanism at Tashbulak: a new highland town of the Qarakhanids. In Urban Cultures of Central Asia from the Bronze Age to the Karakhanids: Learnings and Conclusions from New Archaeological Investigations and Discoveries, pp. 283-306, edited by Christoph Baumer and Mirko Novák. Vol. 12. Schriften Zur Vorderasiatischen Archäologie. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. ISBN:978-3-447-11169-0

Frachetti M.D., Doumani Dupuy P.N., Hermes T.R., Mar’yashev A.N. (2019) Поселения горной части Семиречья и вопросы экологии и хозяйства в бронзовом веке – Settlements of the mountainous regions of Semirech’ye and questions of ecology and economy in the Bronze Age. История и Археология Семиречья – History and Archaeology of Semirech’ye, 6, 31-38.

Doumani Dupuy P.N., Frachetti M.D., Hermes T.R., Gumirova O.N., Mar’yashev A.N. (2019) Кремация, сельское хозяйство и ремесленное производство на поселении бронзового века Тасбас (Семиречье) – Cremation, agriculture, and craft production at the Bronze Age settlement Tasbas (Semirech’ye). История и Археология Семиречья – History and Archaeology of Semirech’ye, 6, 85-99.

2018

Spengler R.N., Maksudov F., Bullion E.A., Merkle A., Hermes T.R., Frachetti M.D. (2018) Arboreal crops on the medieval Silk Road: Archaeobotanical studies at Tashbulak. PLOS ONE, e0201409. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0201409

Hermes T.R., Frachetti M.D., Bullion E.A., Maksudov F., Mustafokulov S., Makarewicz C.A. (2018) Urban and nomadic niches reveal dietary connectivities along Central Asia’s Silk Roads. Scientific Reports, 8, 5177. doi:10.1038/s41598-018-22995-2

Hermes T.R., Pederzani S., Makarewicz C.A. (2018) Ahead of the Curve? Implications for isolating vertical transhumance in seasonal montane environments using sequential oxygen isotope analyses of tooth enamel. In Isotopic Approaches to Pastoralism in Prehistory, pp. 57-76, edited by A. Ventresca-Miller and C.A. Makarewicz. Routledge: London. doi:10.4324/9781315143026-5

2015

Longacre W.A., Hermes T.R. (2015) Rice farming and pottery production among the Kalinga: new ethnoarchaeological data from the Philippines. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, 38, 35-45. doi:10.1016/j.jaa.2014.09.005