There are 2 interesting studies from recent time about modeling terrain determination for landscape accesibility:

• Stančo, Pažout: Which way to Roxane: Mobility networks in the heartland of Central Asia. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. 2020.
• Frachetti et al.: Nomadic ecology shaped the highland geography of Asia’s Silk Roads. Nature 2017.

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