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Saltovo-Mayaki

u7a4 did not found in Belgorod Oblast like the editor is saying. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saltovo-Mayaki

A genetic study published in Nature in May 2018 examined three males of the Saltovo-Mayaki culture buried in Belgorod Oblast, Russia between ca. 700 AD and 900 AD.[3] The sample of Y-DNA extracted belonged to haplogroup R1.[4] The three samples of mtDNA extracted belonged to the haplogroups I, J1b4 and #Haplogroup U7|U7a4.[5]

The mtDNA that have been extracted from Belgorod Oblast belonged to haplogroups I (i4a) and D4m2 and not U7'U7a4.

Haplogroup mtDNA U5 been found among Saltovo-Mayaki but not in Belgorod Oblast.

Angkor Wat at FAR

I have nominated Angkor Wat for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets the featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" in regards to the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Z1720 (talk) 16:06, 23 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

redlink that could be turned blue

Stefan Milo just uploaded an interesting video on some mysterious Bronze Age artifacts - which don't have an enwiki article. these tablets are associated with the Únětice culture and the dewiki article is at de:Brotlaibidol ... sawyer * any/all * talk 01:01, 25 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move at Talk:Kozhikode#Requested move 30 March 2025

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Kozhikode#Requested move 30 March 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. TarnishedPath^talk 02:10, 7 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move at Talk:Near Eastern archaeology#Requested move 11 April 2025

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Near Eastern archaeology#Requested move 11 April 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. TarnishedPath^talk 11:02, 19 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move at Talk:Old Latium#Requested move 31 March 2025

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Old Latium#Requested move 31 March 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. ASUKITE 16:56, 23 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move at Talk:Zayit Stone#Requested move 30 April 2025

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Zayit Stone#Requested move 30 April 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. – robertsky (talk) 02:34, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move at Talk:Scytho-Siberian world#Requested move 29 April 2025

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Scytho-Siberian world#Requested move 29 April 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. ASUKITE 14:09, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Origin of battlefield archaeology

There is a discussion about the origin of battlefield archaeology that may be of interest to members of this project here. Hog Farm _Talk 00:22, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Imagine my horror at realising I'm at least partly responsible for the situation as I created a two sentence section the best part of a decade ago. Thanks for raising the issue, Hog Farm. What's probably needed is more information to give a rounded summary, or at least more information on the context to make it clear that England isn't the beginning and end point, and pruning some of the detail that is currently there. Richard Nevell (talk) 18:21, 13 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'll try to get around to looking through the battlefield archaeology literature that I have to see if there's some good background material, but it's mostly USA-focused and a lot of it is about the Little Bighorn study so I don't know how much luck I'll have. 01:55, 14 May 2025 (UTC)

Time of origination of Neanderthals

See Talk:Neanderthal#Recent_edit. There has been a discussion about when Neanderthals originated, which is at somewhat of an impasse and could use outside input. Obviously the Middle Paleolithic is not the usual fare here, but I hope this notification helps lead to a resolution. Many thanks. Hemiauchenia (talk) 19:47, 18 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Improving niche subject

Hello. First of all sorry for my English. I am currently writing my thesis on this subject, and I have trouble switching to a different style than my usual one, so I can't improve the subject myself out of fear of being wrongly accused of plagiarism (or of simply using Wikipedia instead of doing my own research on current academic consensus). However, I can provide the necessary sources for the improvement of pages relating to the Muisca confederation: All of them are publicly accessible and I hope a devoted editor has the time and energy to read them, and then to change the Wikipedia page(s) on the Muisca for the better. Indeed, there have been many changes in Muisca scholarship recently (this does not mean that the traditional historical narratives are necessarily wrong). Here are the sources, they will contextualise everything and are fairly easy to read: https://www.banrepcultural.org/biblioteca-virtual/credencial-historia/numero-44/los-senores-muiscas (for this link you will have to refuse options for it to work); https://www.academia.edu/22398553/Mercados_poblamiento_Muiscas ; and https://sites.pitt.edu/~ccapubs/pdfdownloads/PITTmem09-Langebaek_1995.pdf (the last one will take some time loading). I know this demand might be bizarre, but it comes from the heart. It hurts seeing niche subjects cite almost only short museum pages/blogs/tourism pages instead of the detailed studies that exist about the muisca just as they do about the Aztec and Inca. I don’t have much time to argue about it a lot, and as I said I am not able to do the changes (big) myself (though believe me, I would love to, and I will probably one day). If a devoted user speaking basic Spanish and English with the time and energy necessary would have the kindness to read the three sources, I will be eternally grateful. There is MUCH more to this than 2 studies and a short article, but this can be a good way to improve Wikipedia by being informed about the muisca. After having finished, I am sure the editor in question will have the exact same eagerness as I have to improve Wikipedia pages related to the muisca. Maybe other editors with knowledge of niche subjects know what I am talking about. Kind regards, 80.187.83.10 (talk) 09:09, 30 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I have copied your suggested sources over to a {{Refideas}} entry at Talk:Muisca Confederation, where they will be available until someone removes them, as this section will eventually be archived and thus drop out of sight. My Spanish is very poor, and I have a long list of articles to work on, so I will not attempt to use those sources, but hopefully, another editor will find them helpful. Donald Albury 15:25, 30 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The World Destubathon

Hello. You're invited to participate in The World Destubathon. We're aiming to destub a lot of articles and also improve longer stale articles. It will be held from Monday June 16 - Sunday July 13. There is $3338 going into it, with $500 the top prize. There is $500 of prizes going into improving Sciences, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, Medicine and Business-related articles and we hope to see a lot of science-related articles destubbed and older stale articles improved in particular. If you are interested in winning some vouchers to help you buy books for future content, or just see it as a good editathon opportunity to see a lot of articles improved for archaeology, sign up if interested.♦ Dr. Blofeld 13:00, 31 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]