keywords
- Archaeozoology, Animal domestication, Great Plains, 3D scanning, Zooarchaeology by Mass Spectrometry, ZooMS, Horses, Reindeer, Climate change, Glacial archaeology
- Contact Info
Taylor, William
Positions
- Assistant Professor, University of Colorado Museum of Natural History
- Assistant Professor, Anthropology
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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Elite chariots and early horse transport at the Bronze Age burial site of Shijia.
Antiquity: a quarterly review of archaeology.
636-653.
2023
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Early dispersal of domestic horses into the Great Plains and northern Rockies.
Science.
1316-+.
2023
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Central Mongolian lake sediments reveal new insights on climate change and equestrian empires in the Eastern Steppes.
Scientific Reports.
2022
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Rock Art and Early Cultural Dynamics in Eastern Mongolia.
Asian Perspectives: the journal of archaeology for Asia and the Pacific.
2022
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Seeking Horses: Allies, Clients and Exchanges in the Zhou Period (1045–221 BC).
Journal of World Prehistory.
489-530.
2021
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Understanding early horse transport in eastern Eurasia through analysis of equine dentition.
Antiquity: a quarterly review of archaeology.
1478-1494.
2021
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The origins and spread of domestic horses from the Western Eurasian steppes.
Nature.
634-+.
2021
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Cranial shape diversification in horses: variation and covariation patterns under the impact of artificial selection.
BMC Ecology.
2021
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Dairying enabled Early Bronze Age Yamnaya steppe expansions.
Nature.
629-+.
2021
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Mongolia’s Frozen Heritage.
103-120.
2021
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High altitude hunting, climate change, and pastoral resilience in eastern Eurasia.
Scientific Reports.
2021
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Interdisciplinary Analysis of the Lehi Horse: Implications for Early Historic Horse Cultures of the North American West.
American Antiquity.
465-485.
2021
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An Imagined Past?.
Current Anthropology.
251-286.
2021
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Archaeological and environmental cave records in the Gobi-Altai Mountains, Mongolia.
Quaternary International.
66-89.
2021
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Building a scientific model for East Asian pastoral origins: A reply to Honeychurch et al..
Archaeological Research in Asia.
100286-100286.
2021
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REPLY TO SHELACH-LAVI ET AL.: Implications of the horse assemblages from Shirenzigou and Xigou.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA.
2021
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Evidence for early dispersal of domestic sheep into Central Asia.
Nature Human Behaviour.
1169-+.
2021
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Rethinking the evidence for early horse domestication at Botai.
Scientific Reports.
2021
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New Directions in a Warming World.
1-3.
2021
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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-+.
2020
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Horse sacrifice and butchery in Bronze Age Mongolia.
Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports.
2020
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Author Correction: Early Pastoral Economies and Herding Transitions in Eastern Eurasia..
Scientific Reports.
4536.
2020
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Economic Diversification Supported the Growth of Mongolia’s Nomadic Empires.
Scientific 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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Early Pastoral Economies and Herding Transitions in Eastern Eurasia.
Scientific Reports.
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.
2018
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Origins of equine dentistry.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA.
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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Elite chariots and early horse transport at the Bronze Age burial site of Shijia.
Antiquity: a quarterly review of archaeology.
636-653.
2023
Teaching
courses taught
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ANTH 2200 - The Archaeology of Human History
Primary Instructor - Spring 2022
Where do we come from? This course provides a brief introduction to the practice of archaeology and then emphasizes the evidence for major events/transitions in human history over the last 2.5 million years. Required for ANTH majors. -
ANTH 4020 - Explorations in Anthropology
Primary Instructor - Spring 2021 / Spring 2023
Special topics in cultural and physical anthropology, as well as archaeology. Check with the department for semester offerings. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours. Same as ANTH 5020. -
ANTH 5020 - Explorations in Anthropology
Primary Instructor - Spring 2021
Special topics in cultural and physical anthropology, as well as archaeology. Check with the department for semester offerings. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours. Same as ANTH 4020. -
MUSM 6110 - Seminar in Museum Issues
Primary Instructor - Spring 2020 / Spring 2022
Offers a weekly seminar for museum and field study students that addresses one new topic each semester relevant to museum operations such as archival administration, museums, multiculturalism, repatriation and others. Department enforced prerequisite: MUSM 5011. -
MUSM 6960 - Master's Project or Paper in Museum and Field Studies
Primary Instructor - Spring 2022 / Spring 2023
A project or paper in the student's discipline and related to some aspect of museum studies is required of every master's degree candidate under the non-thesis-option plan. Department enforced prerequisites: MUSM 5011 and MUSM 5051. Students in collections/field track also need MUSM 5030 or MUSM 5031 or MUSM 5041.
Background
education and training
- Ph.D., University of New Mexico 2017
- M.S., University of New Mexico 2013
- B.A., Carleton College 2011
awards and honors
International Activities
geographic focus
- Argentina Country
- Asia Continent
- Australia Country
- Australia and New Zealand Continent
- Canada Country
- Central Asia Transnational Region
- China Country
- Czech Republic Country
- France Country
- Germany Country
- Mongolia Country
- South America Continent
- United Kingdom Country
- western Europe Transnational Region