Human occupations at the Alpysbaev Cave (western Tian Shan): Bioarchaeological insights from the Iron Age burial cluster.

Namen A, Hernandez Burgos SC, Varis A, Coco E, Kalisher R, Gaul E, Gnecchi-Ruscone GA, Spyrou MA, Posth C, Lindauer S, Naumann D, Williams SA, Taimagambetov Z, Iovita R

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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0333708
Published: 2025
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@article{allodium:10.1371/journal.pone.0333708,
  title = {Human occupations at the Alpysbaev Cave (western Tian Shan): Bioarchaeological insights from the Iron Age burial cluster.},
  author = {Namen A and Hernandez Burgos SC and Varis A and Coco E and Kalisher R and Gaul E and Gnecchi-Ruscone GA and Spyrou MA and Posth C and Lindauer S and Naumann D and Williams SA and Taimagambetov Z and Iovita R},
  year = {2025},
  journal = {PloS one},
  doi = {10.1371/journal.pone.0333708},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0333708}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Human occupations at the Alpysbaev Cave (western Tian Shan): Bioarchaeological insights from the Iron Age burial cluster.
AU  - Namen A
AU  - Hernandez Burgos SC
AU  - Varis A
AU  - Coco E
AU  - Kalisher R
AU  - Gaul E
AU  - Gnecchi-Ruscone GA
AU  - Spyrou MA
AU  - Posth C
AU  - Lindauer S
AU  - Naumann D
AU  - Williams SA
AU  - Taimagambetov Z
AU  - Iovita R
PY  - 2025
JO  - PloS one
DO  - 10.1371/journal.pone.0333708
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A, N., SC, H. B., A, V., E, C., R, K., E, G., GA, G., MA, S., C, P., S, L., D, N., SA, W., Z, T., & R, I. (2025). Human occupations at the Alpysbaev Cave (western Tian Shan): Bioarchaeological insights from the Iron Age burial cluster.. PloS one. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0333708

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