Ainash Childebayeva

Oct 30, 2024 | nature.com | Ayshin Ghalichi |Sabine Reinhold Reinhold |Adam Rohrlach |Alexey Kalmykov |Ainash Childebayeva |He Yu | +12 more

AbstractThe 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 Europe and Asia, questions remain regarding its hunter-gatherer past and its formation of expansionist mobile steppe societies3,4,5.

Jun 12, 2024 | nature.com | Rodrigo Barquera |Oana Del Castillo-Chávez |Kathrin Nägele |Patxi Pérez-Ramallo |András Szolek |Adam Rohrlach | +5 more

AbstractThe ancient city of Chichén Itzá in Yucatán, Mexico, was one of the largest and most influential Maya settlements during the Late and Terminal Classic periods (ad 600–1000) and it remains one of the most intensively studied archaeological sites in Mesoamerica1,2,3,4. However, many questions about the social and cultural use of its ceremonial spaces, as well as its population’s genetic ties to other Mesoamerican groups, remain unanswered2.