More than two hundred papers have reported genome-wide data from ancient humans.
While the raw data for the vast majority are fully publicly available testifying to the …

This Element looks critically at migration scenarios proposed for the end of the Bronze Age
in the eastern Mediterranean. After presenting some historical background to the …

Lead isotope analysis (LIA) can be applied to tin provenance studies when both the U–Th–
Pb characteristics of cassiterite and potential Pb contamination are taken into account. As …

We present a method for detecting evidence of natural selection in ancient DNA time-series
data that leverages an opportunity not utilized in previous scans: testing for a consistent …

Abstract Objectives Excavations at Sidon (Lebanon) have revealed dual identities during the
Middle Bronze Age (ca. 2000–1600 BCE): a maritime port and center for local distribution …

Han/non-Han interactions were engrained among the border regions of ancient Imperial
China. Yet, little is known about either the genetic origins or the lifeways of these border …

The present research aimed to characterize the genetic diversity and relationships among
extant Arabian horse sire lines in Bulgaria, using 15 equine microsatellite markers. The …

The term “Hyksos” commonly refers to the foreign dynasty that inhabited and held power in
Egypt during the Second Intermediate Period, ca. 1650–1550 BCE. The later historian …

This study investigates the Y-chromosome genetic diversity of the Turkmen population in
Turkmenistan, analyzing 23 Y-STR loci for the first time in a sample of 100 individuals …

The archaeological site of Umm el-Marra (in the Jabbul plain, western Syria), is a large,
fortified urban center. Excavations have uncovered ten tomb structures built during the Early …