Digital maps illuminate ancient trade routes

Michael J. Harrower () and Ioana A. Dumitru
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Michael J. Harrower: Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA.
Ioana A. Dumitru: Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA.

Nature, 2017, vol. 543, issue 7644, 188-189

Abstract: How did the relationship between human societies and their surrounding terrain shape the formation of long-distance trade networks such as the Silk Road? Digital mapping and computer modelling offer insights. See Article p.193

Date: 2017
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