Making the most of scarce biological resources in the desert: Loptuq material culture in Eastern Turkestan around 1900
Abstract Background Most fisher-gatherer communities we know of utilized a limited number of natural resources for their livelihood. The Turkic-speaking Loptuq (exonym Loplik, Loplyk) in the Lower Tarim River basin, Taklamakan desert, Eastern Turkestan (Xinjiang), were no exception. Their habitat, t...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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2024-02-01
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Series: | Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13002-024-00660-5 |