Mentesh Tepe: Echoes of Shomutepe
Western Azerbaijan's early Bronze Age community seen through archaeology and ancient DNA
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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Abaco Ceramic Islanders
Pottery shards and ancient DNA illuminate Abaco's Ceramic-period seafarers
Crooked Island Ceramic People
Island potters and mariners of the Bahamas, 900–1500 CE — archaeology meets ancient DNA
South Andros Ceramic Peoples
Ceramic-period islanders of South Andros, seen through archaeology and ancient DNA
Long Island Ceramic Voices
Echoes from Rolling Heads: pottery, shells, and DNA linking pre‑Columbian Bahamas
Eleuthera Ceramic Age Echoes
Island seafarers of Eleuthera (500–1500 CE) revealed through pottery, caves, and DNA
Late Tylos — Sasanian Bahrain
A coastal nexus at the edge of Sasanian power, glimpsed through archaeology and ancient DNA
Riverine Foragers of Early Belgium
Mesolithic cave and shelter occupants in Namur revealed by archaeology and a small set of ancient genomes
Coastal Voices of Belize, 4,600 Years Ago
Early Belizean communities glimpsed through bones and maternal lineages
Goyet Gravettian Echoes
Ice‑edge hunters of Wallonia whose bones whisper links between art, stone and genes
Dawn in the Belizean Lowlands
A preliminary portrait of life and genes ca. 3319–2701 BCE from two Belizean sites
Lukurmata: Tiwanaku of the Altiplano
Archaeology and ancient DNA from Lukurmata illuminate centuries of Tiwanaku life on the Bolivian highlands.