Ancient and historical cultures

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Steppe-inflected burials on Bulgarian mounds between 3011–2000 BCE

Four Early Bronze Age individuals linking Yamnaya-style steppe influence to southeastern Bulgarian mounds

Early Bronze Age Yamnaya on the North Caucasus steppe, seen through bones and genomes

Early Bronze Age steppe communities in the Lower Volga revealed by graves and genomes

Kalmykia, Lower Volga, Russia (Ulan V, Temrta IV, Peshany V, Sukhaya Termista I)
3335 CE - 2144 BCE

Early Bronze Age pastoralists from the Volga steppe, 3339–2500 BCE

Early Bronze Age Yamnaya burials from Ukraine seen through archaeology and DNA

Early Bronze Age communities in southeastern Bulgaria shaped by steppe-linked peoples and local traditions

A lone Early Bronze Age voice from Boyanovo links steppe lifeways to the Balkans