keywords
- Archaeozoology, Animal domestication, Great Plains, 3D scanning, Zooarchaeogy by Mass Spectrometry (ZooMS), Horses, Reindeer, Climate change, Glacial archaeology
- Contact Info
Taylor, William Assistant Professor
Positions
- Assistant Professor, Anthropology
- Assistant Professor, University of Colorado Museum of Natural History
Research Areas
Research
Publications
selected publications
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chapter
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conference proceeding
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Understanding the prehistory of domestic animals in East and Central Asia through scientific archaeozoology.
Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports.
2018
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Understanding the prehistory of domestic animals in East and Central Asia through scientific archaeozoology.
Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports.
2018
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journal article
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Early Pastoral Economies and Herding Transitions in Eastern Eurasia.
Scientific Reports.
2020
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Economic Diversification Supported the Growth of Mongolia’s Nomadic Empires.
Scientific Reports.
2020
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The Land of the White Horse: Visions of England.
Journal of Anthropological Research.
548-549.
2020
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Early evidence for mounted horseback riding in northwest China.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA.
29569-29576.
2020
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A Dynamic 6,000-Year Genetic History of Eurasia’s Eastern Steppe.
Cell.
890-904.e29.
2020
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Horse sacrifice and butchery in Bronze Age Mongolia.
Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports.
2020
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Dairy pastoralism sustained eastern Eurasian steppe populations for 5,000 years.
Nature Ecology and Evolution.
346-355.
2020
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New insights into the Epipaleolithic of western Central Asia: The Tutkaulian complex.
Quaternary International.
139-154.
2020
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The Donkey in Human History: An Archaeological Perspective. Peter Mitchell. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018, 306 pp. £65.00, paper. ISBN 9780198749233..
Journal of Anthropological Research.
573-575.
2019
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Investigating reindeer pastoralism and exploitation of high mountain zones in northern Mongolia through ice patch archaeology.
PLoS One.
2019
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Radiocarbon dating and cultural dynamics across Mongolia's early pastoral transition.
PLoS One.
2019
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Tracking Five Millennia of Horse Management with Extensive Ancient Genome Time Series.
Cell.
1419-1435.e31.
2019
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Investigating ancient animal economies and exchange in Kyrgyzstan's Alay Valley.
Antiquity: a quarterly review of archaeology.
2019
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Early pastoral economies along the Ancient Silk Road: Biomolecular evidence from the Alay Valley, Kyrgyzstan.
PLoS One.
e0205646-e0205646.
2018
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Origins of equine dentistry.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA.
E6707-E6715.
2018
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Evidence for early human occupation at high altitudes in western Central Asia: the Alay site.
Antiquity: a quarterly review of archaeology.
2018
- Production technology of personal ornaments in western Central Asia in early Holocene complexes. Archaeology, Ethnology and Anthropology of Eurasia / Arkheologija, Ehtnografija i Antropologija Evrazii. 2018
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A Bayesian chronology for early domestic horse use in the Eastern Steppe.
Journal of Archaeological Science.
49-58.
2017
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Horse demography and use in Bronze Age Mongolia.
Quaternary International.
270-282.
2017
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Reconstructing Equine Bridles in the Mongolian Bronze Age.
Journal of ethnobiology.
554-570.
2016
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Equine cranial morphology and the identification of riding and chariotry in late Bronze Age Mongolia.
Antiquity: a quarterly review of archaeology.
854-871.
2015
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Early Pastoral Economies and Herding Transitions in Eastern Eurasia.
Scientific Reports.
2020
Background
education and training
- Ph.D., University of New Mexico 2017
- M.S., University of New Mexico 2013
- B.A., Carleton College 2011
International Activities
global connections related to teaching and scholarly work (in recent years)
- Argentina Country
- Asia Continent
- Australia Country
- Australia and New Zealand Continent
- China Country
- Germany Country
- Mongolia Country
- South America Continent
- western Europe Transnational Region