Shirenzigou Echoes Iron Age Xinjiang at the crossroads of Steppe and East Asia 550 CE - 150 BCE Northwest China (Xinjiang)
Abusanteer: Iron Age Yili Frontier A small Iron Age community on the Yili (Ili) corridor linking steppe and oasis worlds. 789 CE - 202 BCE Xinjiang (Yili/Ili Region), China
Altay Echoes: Ayituohan Afanasievo Bronze Age herders in Xinjiang where steppe genes met mountain landscapes 2850 CE - 2472 BCE Xinjiang (Altay, Habahe County, Ayituohan)
Ayousaigoukou Iron Age Echoes Tiny sample from Xinjiang reveals a stirring, mixed ancestry at the heart of the Yili corridor. 754 CE - 204 BCE Xinjiang, Yili Region (Xinyuan County)
Caishichang: Echoes of the Iron Age Xinjiang burials (800–1 BCE) revealing a tentative blend of eastern and western maternal and paternal lineages. 800 CE - 1 BCE Xinjiang, China (Yili Region, Nileke County)
Dongtalede Iron Age Echoes Three burials in Xinjiang that hint at a borderland of east and west 755 CE - 420 BCE Xinjiang, China (Aletai Region, Habahe County)
Dongmaili: Iron Age Crossroads Three mitochondrial genomes from Dongmaili hint at east–west maternal threads in Iron Age Xinjiang 743 CE - 386 BCE Xinjiang (Yili, Nileke County), China
Echoes of the Afanasievo in Xinjiang Early Bronze Age pastoralists at G218 (3013–2576 BCE) linking steppe lifeways and West-Eurasian genes 3013 CE - 2576 BCE Xinjiang, China (Yili Region, Nileke County)
Echoes of the Steppe: G218 Scythian‑Era Graves Iron Age burials from Xinjiang that hint at steppe ties and mixed west‑east ancestry 386 CE - 8 BCE Xinjiang, China (Yili Region, Nileke County, G218)
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)
Chaganguole Bronze Age Horizon Chemurcheck-era communities at the edge of the Aletai — bones and genes telling a combined story 2571 CE - 1977 BCE Xinjiang (Aletai Region), Qinghe County, China
Jirentaigoukou: Voices of Early Iron Age Xinjiang A small, varied maternal genetic snapshot from Yili's Jirentaigoukou (401–106 BCE) 401 CE - 106 BCE Xinjiang (Yili Region), China — Jirentaigoukou, Nileke County
