Shadows of the Armenian Late Bronze
Fortified hills, metal fires, and the genomes of a transforming landscape
Ancient and historical cultures
DNA Spotlights
Explore the places, time periods, and published research behind ancient DNA samples and the cultures associated with them.
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Aghitu Echoes: Late Hellenistic Armenia
Three genomes from Aghitu illuminate a restless frontier between Hellenistic, Parthian, and local traditions
Echoes from the Armenian Highlands
Late Bronze to Early Iron Age communities revealed by bones, pottery and DNA
Highland Echoes: Late Iron Age Armenia
Seven genomes from Harjis and Sarukhan illuminate maternal links across the Armenian highlands.
Armenia, Middle Bronze Echoes
A glimpse into Bronze Age lives in the Armenian Highlands through bones and genomes
Teishebaini: Urartian Echoes
Karmir Blur's necropolis reveals lives at the edge of the Urartian world through archaeology and ancient mtDNA.
Lchashen: Armeniahashen Late Bronze Age
Burials at Lchashen (1420–1150 BCE) illuminate life, trade, and maternal lineages in ancient Armenia
Queensland Pre‑European Coastlines
Coastal lifeways and deep maternal continuity on Flinders Island and Cape York
North Queensland Pre‑European Peoples
A glimpse of coastal Queensland lives before 1788, seen through archaeology and ancient DNA
La Tène Echoes of Pottenbrunn
Iron Age voices from Lower Austria connecting archaeological finds with limited DNA evidence
Danube Dawn: Early LBK Farmers (Austria)
Neolithic settlements in Lower Austria, 5500–4775 BCE — archaeology meeting ancient DNA
Riverine Farmers of Early Austria
LBK communities around Asparn Schletz revealed by archaeology and ancient DNA