The first horse herders and the impact of early Bronze Age steppe expansions into Asia. [PDF]
The Yamnaya expansions from the western steppe into Europe and Asia during the Early Bronze Age (~3000 BCE) are believed to have brought with them Indo-European languages and possibly horse husbandry.
de Barros Damgaard P +50 more
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Formation of Traditional Vocal Culture in Khvalynsk District of Saratov Region: Historical Prerequisites [PDF]
The paper aims to identify the chronology of the historical events associated with colonization of Khvalynsk lands by representatives of different ethnic groups who influenced the locals’ everyday life and nature of the regional musical-poetical folklore. Scientific originality of the study involves systematization of the historical facts that promoted
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The Eneolithic Burial of Maksimovka I Soil Burial Ground from the Samara Trans-Volga Region [PDF]
Introduction. In the early 1980s the materials of soil burial grounds served as a base for identifying a special Eneolithic period in the history of the Middle and Lower Volga regions.
Victor A. Tsibin, Anton A. Shalapinin
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Early contact between late farming and pastoralist societies in southeastern Europe. [PDF]
Archaeogenetic studies have described two main genetic turnover events in prehistoric western Eurasia: one associated with the spread of farming and a sedentary lifestyle starting around 7000–6000 bc (refs.
Penske S +28 more
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The Site of Kombak-te (Northern Caspian): Some New Data [PDF]
Introduction. The article examines stone artifacts from a Northern Caspian Eneolithic site of the Khvalynsk culture. Stone tool industries also serve to characterize Early Metal Age cultures. Goals. The work seeks to determine the cultural affiliation of
Aleksandr A. Vybornov, Natalya S. Doga
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The genetic history of the Southern Arc: A bridge between West Asia and Europe. [PDF]
By sequencing 727 ancient individuals from the Southern Arc (Anatolia and its neighbors in Southeastern Europe and West Asia) over 10,000 years, we contextualize its Chalcolithic period and Bronze Age (about 5000 to 1000 BCE), when extensive gene flow ...
Lazaridis I +205 more
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Ancient human genome-wide data from a 3000-year interval in the Caucasus corresponds with eco-geographic regions. [PDF]
该文章报道了高加索地区3000年间的古代族群的遗传结构与生态地理区域的相对应关系,更详尽解析了距今5000多年前的青铜时代早中期以颜那亚(Yamnaya)文化为代表的欧亚草原人群的形成历史。【Abstract】Archaeogenetic studies have described the formation of Eurasian ‘steppe ancestry’ as a mixture of Eastern and Caucasus hunter-gatherers.
Wang CC +45 more
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The rise and transformation of Bronze Age pastoralists in the Caucasus. [PDF]
The Caucasus and surrounding areas, with their rich metal resources, became a crucible of the Bronze Age1 and the birthplace of the earliest steppe pastoralist societies2. Yet, despite this region having a large influence on the subsequent development of
Ghalichi A +38 more
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Pottery Assemblage from the Kair-Shak VI and Kara-Khuduk Eneolithic Campsites in the Northern Caspian Sea Region [PDF]
The article presents the results of study of pottery from the Kara-Khuduk and Kair-Shak VI Eneolithic sites, located in the Northern Caspian Sea region. According to the method of ornamentation three groups of vessels were distinguished: 1) impresses of ...
Irina N. Vasilieva, Natalia S. Doga
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Long Limb Bones Asymmetry in the Ancient Population of the Volga-Ural Steppe (Neolithic – Middle Ages) [PDF]
The work is devoted to the study of the phenomenon of directional bilateral asymmetry of long limb bones in the population of the Volga-Ural steppe on the basis of osteometric data from the Neolithic/Eneolithic, Early and Late Bronze, Early Iron Age, and
Artem P. Grigorev
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