Hetian Historical Horizon Human stories from Luopu County (1–400 CE) where east and west meet 1 CE - 400 CE Xinjiang, China (Hetian, Luopu County)
Jierzankale Iron Age Voices Burials on the Pamir fringe that reveal a tapestry of eastern and western ancestries 800 BCE - 1 BCE Xinjiang (Kashgar / Taxkorgan, Jierzankale)
Echoes of Jirentaigoukou Iron Age burials from the Yili Basin where archaeology meets maternal lineages 401 CE - 106 BCE Jirentaigoukou, Nileke County, Yili Region, Xinjiang, China
Junmachanyilian: Echoes of Yili Four historical-period genomes from Tekesi County reveal a cautious glimpse of east–west interactions in Xinjiang. 262 CE - 1435 CE Xinjiang (Yili, Tekesi County), China
Shanpula (Sampula) of Hotan Late-Han era oasis community in Xinjiang, revealed by archaeology and early DNA 84 CE - 239 CE Xinjiang (Hotan/Hetian), China
Tangbalesayi: Crossroads on the Yili Steppe Medieval Yili burials (991–1031 CE) revealing mixed maternal lineages U and C at a Xinjiang site 991 CE - 1031 CE Xinjiang, China (Yili Region, Nileke County, Tangbalesayi)
Wutulan Iron Age Voices Burials from Xinjiang's Yili plain revealing tangled steppe and oasis threads 403 CE - 57 BCE Xinjiang, China (Yili, Nileke County)
Karakhanid Echoes of the Tian Shan Medieval steppe lives at the crossroads of Silk Road trade and shifting genetic threads 800 CE - 1100 CE Tian Shan, Central Steppe (Butakty, Kazakhstan)
Southeast Karakhanid Voices Three genomes from Butakty-1 revealing a frontier of Silk Road exchange 800 CE - 1100 CE Southeast Kazakhstan (Almaty Region)
Echoes of Uzbekistan Modern genomes reflecting millennia of Silk Road exchange and recent history 2000 CE Uzbekistan (Tashkent, Khorezm, Karakalpakstan)
Karakhanid Foothills: Butakty-1 DNA Three medieval genomes from the Almaty foothills reveal a tapestry of steppe and Silk Road connections 800 CE - 1100 CE Southeastern Kazakhstan (Almaty Region)
Karakhanid Steppe Voices Bones and genomes from the Tian Shan reveal a medieval frontier of movement and mixture 800 CE - 1100 CE Tian Shan & Central Kazakh Steppe, Kazakhstan