Distinguished Lecture | The third East-West Road in the Old World: Early crop and livestock dispersal across the Tibetan Plateau

Each quarter, the Stanford Archaeology Center invites prominent archaeologists from around the globe to be in residence for a week as a Distinguished Lecturer. During their residency, the Distinguished Lecturer gives two lectures and interacts with faculty, postdoctoral scholars and students. Stanford Archaeology Center will host Prof. Xiaoyan Yang Lanzhou University over two days (Oct 7 and Oct 8 for the Fall Quarter of this academic year. Abstract: The spread of prehistoric crops and livestock across the Eurasian continent significantly transformed regional production systems and lifestyles,