Echoes of the Center-West Steppe
Late Bronze Age communities of central-western Mongolia revealed through stones, tombs, and genomes
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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Altai Echoes: Mongolia Late Bronze Burials
Three kurgan burials in Khovd and Bayan-Ölgii illuminate landscape, lifeways, and early East Asian ancestry.
Mongun-Taiga Kurgans of Western Mongolia
Late Bronze Age burials in the Altai foothills hint at blended steppe ancestries
Khuvsgul Edge: Xiongnu‑Age Voices
11 genomes from Salkhityn Am reveal a Steppe frontier of blended east–west ancestries.
Ulaanzukh 2: Late Bronze Age Steppe Burials
Four tombs in eastern Mongolia reveal a compact genetic snapshot of a mobile Bronze Age community.
Marzyn Khutul: Northern Mongolia Neolithic
Early Neolithic burials on the Egiin-Gol — voices from 5600 BCE revealed in bone and gene
Khovsgol Late Bronze Age Echoes
Arbulag sorum burials (1539–700 BCE) reveal Siberian maternal lines and steppe paternal contacts
Buural Uul — Selenge Late Medieval
A portrait of maternal ancestries at a northern Mongolian frontier (1250–1450 CE)
Selenge: Late Medieval Steppe Echoes
Genetic glimpses from Burgaldain Khundii and Karnikovyn Am (1000–1500 CE), northern Mongolia
Selenge Voices: Xiongnu–Medieval Mongolia
Fragments of lives from Uguumur Uul connect steppe archaeology with ancient DNA
Sukhbaatar Late Medieval Steppe
Burials from Sukhbaatar (1000–1500 CE) show steppe lives tied to northern and East Asian ancestries
Echoes from Tavan Tolgoi
Genetic and archaeological glimpses of late Xiongnu-era people in Sukhbaatar, Mongolia