Early agropastoral settlement and cultural change in central Tibet in the first millennium BC: excavations at Bangga

Archaeological research demonstrates that an agropastoral economy was established in Tibet during the second millennium BC, aided by cultivation of barley introduced from South-western Asia. The exact cultural contexts emergence and development agropastoralism Tibet, however, remain obscure. Recent excavations at site Bangga provide new evidence for settled central demonstrating a material divergence earlier archaeological cultures, possibly corresponding to intensification first BC. authors’ results depict more dynamic system subsistence as populations moved readily between distinct economic modes combined them variety innovative ways.