Kristian Kristiansen

The paper investigates whether the spread of megaliths in Neolithic Europe was due to population movements or cultural diffusion, finding that both factors interacted through trade networks.

This paper analyzes metadata reporting in 30 paleogenomic studies, finding inconsistent reporting of archaeological data and proposing a minimum information checklist for future studies.

The paper maps ancient pathogens in Eurasia, showing zoonotic diseases emerged with livestock domestication and spread with pastoralist migrations.

This study uses ancient genomic data to test models of Celtic language spread, finding support for a Central European origin linked to the Urnfield culture.

The paper uses ancient DNA and strontium isotope analyses to show a deep east-west divergence in steppe ancestry in Southern Europe, supporting specific linguistic divergence models for Indo-European languages.

The paper analyzes kinship and social organization in two Copper Age Bell Beaker cemeteries using archaeological, genetic, isotopic, and anthropological data.

This study analyzes ancient genomes from the Viking Age to understand genetic structure and migration patterns, finding significant foreign gene flow and population differentiation.

This paper analyzes ancient genomes from northeastern Siberia to reveal complex population migrations and admixture events over the past 40,000 years.

This study uses ancient DNA data to show that the spread of the Beaker Complex to Britain was primarily due to migration, replacing most Neolithic gene pool and introducing Steppe ancestry.