Ayshin Ghalichi

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.