A 3,300-year-old bronze helmet discovered in central Turkey provides insights into the Hittite Empire's military prowess, religious beliefs, and craftsmanship. Found in Şapinuva, it served both as military protection and a religious offering to the Storm God.
- Researchers from Washington University in St. Louis and Sichuan University in China have traced the roots of cultural interactions across the Tibetan Plateau to prehistoric times, as early as the Bronze Age.
- The study found that ancient mobility and subsistence strategies of farmers and herders influenced the settlement pattern and the transfer of ceramic styles among distant prehistoric communities.
- The researchers used advanced geospatial modeling to compare environmental and archaeological evidence connecting ancient mobility and subsistence strategies to cultural connections forged among farmers and herders in the Bronze and Iron Ages.
- The study found that ancient mobility and subsistence strategies of farmers and herders influenced the settlement pattern and the transfer of ceramic styles among distant prehistoric communities.
- The researchers used advanced geospatial modeling to compare environmental and archaeological evidence connecting ancient mobility and subsistence strategies to cultural connections forged among farmers and herders in the Bronze and Iron Ages.
