Multi-ethnic Chu cha Village in Mchod rten thang Township, Dpa' ris Tibetan Autonomous County, Gansu Province, China is described in terms of location; population; clothing; language; religion; history; and personal, family, and community rituals. Photographs provide ad...

How does mobility affect processes of polity building? Are cultural contacts a secondary product of an established form of government, or are they a precondition for it? How can archaeology complement history in researching these issues? These are among the questions ad...

The late nineteenth and early twentieth century system of transHimalayan-Karakorum trade in Ladakh (India) was a regionally significant branch of the oft-discussed "Silk Route" that connected Central and South Asia. In this article we explore the socio-political lives o...