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
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)
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)
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
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
Kuokesuxi Early Iron Age: Yili Echoes Maternal lineages at Kuokesuxi (538–24 BCE) reveal east–west echoes in Xinjiang's Iron Age 538 CE - 24 BCE Xinjiang, China (Yili Region, Tekesi County)
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)
Wulanbuluke Iron Age Voices A small genetic window into 385–197 BCE life on the Yili steppe 385 CE - 197 BCE Xinjiang (Yili Region), China
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)