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Spatial and temporal heterogeneity in human mobility patterns in Holocene Southwest Asia and the East Mediterranean

Koptekin D., Yüncü E., Rodríguez-Varela R., Altınışık N. E., Psonis N., Kashuba N., et al.
CURRENT BIOLOGY, vol.0, no.0, pp.1-17, 2022 (SCI-Expanded) Creative Commons License identifier identifier identifier

A genomic snapshot of demographic and cultural dynamism in Upper Mesopotamia during the Neolithic Transition

Altınışık N. E., Kazancı D. D., Aydoğan A., Gemici H. C., Erdal Ö. D., Sarıaltun S., et al.
SCIENCE ADVANCES, vol.8, no.44, pp.1-17, 2022 (SCI-Expanded)

The effect of different socio-economic and working conditions on body size and proportions: A case study on adults from Samsun, Turkey

SÖNMEZ G., ERDAL Y. S.
JOURNAL OF BIOSOCIAL SCIENCE, 2022 (SSCI) identifier identifier

The impact of the transition from broad-spectrum hunting to sheep herding on human meat consumption: Multi-isotopic analyses of human bone collagen at Asikli Hoyuk, Turkey

Itahashi Y., Stiner M. C., ERDAL Ö. D., Duru G., ERDAL Y. S., Miyake Y., et al.
JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE, vol.136, 2021 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

Ten millennia of hepatitis B virus evolution

Kocher A., Papac L., Barquera R., Key F. M., Spyrou M. A., Hubler R., et al.
SCIENCE, vol.374, no.6564, pp.183-271, 2021 (SCI-Expanded) Creative Commons License Sustainable Development identifier identifier identifier

Human inbreeding has decreased in time through the Holocene.

Ceballos F. C., Gürün K., Altınışık N. E., Gemici H. C., Karamurat C., Koptekin D., et al.
Current biology : CB, vol.31, pp.3925-3943, 2021 (SCI-Expanded) Creative Commons License identifier identifier identifier

Reconstruction of dietary habits in the Early Bronze Age of Anatolia through the analysis of dental caries and wear

KORUYUCU M. M., ERDAL Y. S.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OSTEOARCHAEOLOGY, vol.31, no.5, pp.902-915, 2021 (AHCI) identifier identifier

Using Y-chromosome capture enrichment to resolve haplogroup H2 shows new evidence for a two-path Neolithic expansion to Western Europe

Rohrlach A. B., Papac L., Childebayeva A., Rivollat M., Villalba-Mouco V., Neumann G. U., et al.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, vol.11, no.1, 2021 (SCI-Expanded) Creative Commons License identifier identifier identifier

Variable kinship patterns in Neolithic Anatolia revealed by ancient genomes

Yaka R., Mapelli I., Kaptan D., Doğu A., Chyleński M., Erdal Ö. D., et al.
CURRENT BIOLOGY, vol.31, no.11, pp.2455-2486, 2021 (SCI-Expanded) Creative Commons License identifier identifier identifier

Application of ATR-FTIR spectroscopy and chemometrics for the discrimination of human bone remains from different archaeological sites in Turkey

Bayari S., ÖZDEMİR K., Sen E. H., Araujo-Andrade C., ERDAL Y. S.
SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA PART A-MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY, vol.237, 2020 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

Genomic History of Neolithic to Bronze Age Anatolia, Northern Levant, and Southern Caucasus

Skourtanioti E., ERDAL Y. S., Frangipane M., Restelli F. B., Yener K. A., Pinnock F., et al.
CELL, vol.181, no.5, pp.1158-1203, 2020 (SCI-Expanded) Creative Commons License identifier identifier identifier

Multi-isotopic analysis of dietary habits and mobility at third millennium BC Bakla Tepe, West Anatolia

Irvine B., ERDAL Y. S.
ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL SCIENCES, vol.12, no.6, 2020 (SCI-Expanded) Sustainable Development identifier identifier

Emergence of human-adapted Salmonella enterica is linked to the Neolithization process

Key F. M., Posth C., Esquivel-Gomez L. R., Huebler R., Spyrou M. A., Neumann G. U., et al.
NATURE ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION, vol.4, no.3, pp.324-345, 2020 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

Analysis of dietary habits in a prehistoric coastal population from İkiztepe, North Turkey, using stable isotopes of Carbon, Nitrogen, and sulphur

Irvine B., ERDAL Y. S.
Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, vol.29, 2020 (AHCI) identifier identifier

Handling dead bodies: Investigating the formation process of a collective burial from Neolithic Tepecik-Çiftlik, Central Anatolia (Turkey)

BÜYÜKKARAKAYA A. M., ÇAKAN Y. G., Godon M., ERDAL Y. S., BIÇAKÇI E.
Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, vol.56, 2019 (SSCI) identifier identifier

A multi-faceted approach to weaning practices in a prehistoric population from Ikiztepe, Samsun, Turkey

ÖZDEMİR K., ERDAL Y. S., Itahashi Y., Irvine B.
JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE-REPORTS, vol.27, 2019 (AHCI) identifier identifier

Amino acid N-15 analysis reveals change in the importance of freshwater resources between the hunter-gatherer and farmer in the Neolithic upper Tigris

ITAHASHI Y., ERDAL Y. S., TEKİN H., OMAR L., MIYAKE Y., CHIKARAISHI Y., et al.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, vol.168, no.4, pp.676-686, 2019 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

Dietary habits in the Early Bronze Age (3rd millennium BC) of Anatolia: A multi-isotopic approach

Irvine B., ERDAL Y. S., Richards M. P.
JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE-REPORTS, vol.24, pp.253-263, 2019 (AHCI) identifier identifier

Auditory exostosis: Exploring the daily life at an early sedentary population (Kortik Tepe, Turkey)

KORUYUCU M. M., Sahin F. S., DELİBAŞ D., ERDAL Ö. D., Benz M., Ozkaya V., et al.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OSTEOARCHAEOLOGY, vol.28, no.6, pp.615-625, 2018 (SSCI) identifier identifier

Re-presenting the Past Evidence from Daily Practices and Rituals at Kortik Tepe

Benz M., Alt K. W., ERDAL Y. S., Sahin F. S., Ozkaya V.
RELIGION, HISTORY, AND PLACE IN THE ORIGIN OF SETTLED LIFE, pp.137-161, 2018 (SSCI) identifier

A Case of Pituitary Gigantism and Acromegaly in Anatolia (Tasmasor, Erzurum, Turkey)

ÖZDEMİR K., ERDAL Ö. D., ERDAL Y. S.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OSTEOARCHAEOLOGY, vol.27, no.5, pp.725-744, 2017 (SSCI) identifier identifier

The Demographic Development of the First Farmers in Anatolia

Kilinc G. M., Omrak A., Ozer F., Gunther T., BÜYÜKKARAKAYA A. M., Bicakci E., et al.
CURRENT BIOLOGY, vol.26, no.19, pp.2659-2666, 2016 (SCI-Expanded) Creative Commons License identifier identifier identifier

Buried with turtles: the symbolic role of the Euphrates soft-shelled turtle (Rafetus euphraticus) in Mesopotamia

Berthon R., ERDAL Y. S., MASHKOUR M., Kozbe G.
ANTIQUITY, vol.90, no.349, pp.111-125, 2016 (SSCI) Creative Commons License identifier identifier

A Case of Ancient Bladder Stones from Oluz Hoyuk, Amasya, Turkey

ÖZDEMİR K., Akyol A. A., ERDAL Y. S.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OSTEOARCHAEOLOGY, vol.25, no.6, pp.827-837, 2015 (SSCI) identifier identifier

Early Human Decapitation, 11,700-10, 700 cal BP, within the Pre-Pottery Neolithic Village of Tell Qaramel, North Syria

Kanjou Y., Kuijt I., ERDAL Y. S., KONDO O.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OSTEOARCHAEOLOGY, vol.25, no.5, pp.743-752, 2015 (SSCI) Sustainable Development identifier identifier

A migration-driven model for the historical spread of leprosy in medieval Eastern and Central Europe

Donoghue H. D., Taylor G. M., Marcsik A., Molnar E., Palfi G., Pap I., et al.
INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION, vol.31, pp.250-256, 2015 (SCI-Expanded) Creative Commons License identifier identifier identifier

Bone or Flesh: Defleshing and Post-Depositional Treatments at Kortik Tepe (Southeastern Anatolia, PPNA Period)

Erdal Y. S.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGY, vol.18, no.1, pp.4-32, 2015 (AHCI) identifier identifier

Paleopathological and Molecular Study on Two Cases of Ancient Childhood Leprosy from the Roman and Byzantine Empires

Rubini M., ERDAL Y. S., Spigelman M., Zaio P., Donoghue H. D.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OSTEOARCHAEOLOGY, vol.24, no.5, pp.570-582, 2014 (SSCI) Creative Commons License Sustainable Development identifier identifier

Organized violence in Anatolia: A retrospective research on the injuries from the Neolithic to Early Bronze Age

ERDAL Y. S., ERDAL Ö. D.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PALEOPATHOLOGY, vol.2, pp.78-92, 2012 (SCI-Expanded) Sustainable Development identifier identifier identifier

Understanding Early Bronze Age social structure through mortuary remains: A pilot aDNA study from Titris Hoyuk, southeastern Turkey

Matney T., ALGAZE G., Dulik M. C., ERDAL Ö. D., ERDAL Y. S., Gokcumen O., et al.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OSTEOARCHAEOLOGY, vol.22, no.3, pp.338-351, 2012 (SSCI) identifier identifier

Effect of tube potential and image receptor on the detection of natural proximal caries in primary teeth

Sogur E., Baksi B. G., Orhan K., Paksoy S. C., Dogan S., ERDAL Y. S., et al.
CLINICAL ORAL INVESTIGATIONS, vol.15, no.6, pp.901-907, 2011 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

Articles Published in Other Journals

Understanding heat-induced changes in human bone remains using ATR-FTIR combined with chemometrics

Özdemir K., Bayarı S., Şen E. H., Araujo-Andrade C., Erdal Y. S.
Eurasian Journal of Anthropology, vol.12, no.2, pp.67-82, 2022 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)

RECONSTRUCTING FUNERARY SEQUENCESOF KURGANS IN THE SOUTHERN CAUCASUSThe first two seasons of the Azerbaijani-Italian Ganja RegionKurgan Archaeological Region Project (GaRKAP)in western Azerbaijan

Laneri N., Jalilov B., ERDAL Y. S., Valentini S., Guardicci G., Lorenzo L., et al.
Anatolica, vol.46, pp.103-145, 2020 (Scopus) identifier

Anadolu’da bazı enfeksiyonların biyokültürel tarihinin kısa özeti

ERDAL Y. S.
Bilim ve Ütopya, no.311, pp.23-34, 2020 (Non Peer-Reviewed Journal)

INTERPRETING SUBADULT BURIALS AND HEAD SHAPING AT CADIR HOYUK

ERDAL Y. S.
JOURNAL OF EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN ARCHAEOLOGY AND HERITAGE STUDIES, vol.7, no.3, pp.379-385, 2019 (ESCI) identifier identifier

Three Human Graves of the Hassuna Culture in Türbe Höyük

KODAŞ E., SAĞLAMTİMUR H., ERDAL Y. S.
Anatolia Antiqua, vol.26, no.2, pp.13-21, 2018 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)

Investigations of Osteobiography of the Koru Tumulus Skeletons by Elemental Analysis

ÖZDEMİR K., AKYOL A. A., İREN K., ERDAL Y. S.
Gaziantep University Journal of Social Sciences, vol.17, no.3, pp.740-760, 2018 (Peer-Reviewed Journal) Creative Commons License

Ortaçağ'da Nüfus Değişimi Öncesine Ait Bir Bizans Topluluğu: Komana İnsan Kalıntılarının Antropolojik Analizi

ERDAL Y. S., ERDAL Ö. D., KORUYUCU M. M.
Komana Ortaçağ Yerleşimi, no.5, pp.83-114, 2015 (Non Peer-Reviewed Journal)

Bediüzzaman Mezarlığı nda Ölüm Toplumsal Kültürel Görünümler

ALTUNTEK N. S., ERDAL Y. S.
Hacettepe Üniversitesi Edebiyaf Fakültesi Dergisi, vol.31, pp.71-100, 2014 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)

A micro computed tomography examination of dens invaginatus type 2 in an approximately 2000 year old maxillary molar tooth a case report

KELEŞ A., ERDAL Y. S., ERSÖZ M., ERDAL Ö. D.
Eurasian Journal of Anthropology, vol.4, pp.45-50, 2013 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)

Sub adult graves in Şanlıurfa Turkey on the concept of childhood

ALTUNTEK N. S., ERDAL Y. S.
Eurasian Journal of Anthropology, vol.4, pp.1-15, 2013 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)

Anadolu eski insan topluluklarında rikets

BÜYÜKKARAKAYA A. M., ERDAL Y. S.
COCUK SAGLIGI VE HASTALIKLARI DERGISI, vol.51, no.3, pp.130-139, 2008 (Scopus) identifier

Refereed Congress / Symposium Publications in Proceedings

Anadolu’da Palaeopatolojik Araştımalar ve Antik DNA Çalışmaları

ERDAL Y. S.
Anadolu Romatoloji Günleri, Güzelyurt, Cyprus (Kktc), 1 - 05 May 2019

Anadolu’da Palaeopatolojik Araştımalar ve Antik DNA Çalışmaları

ERDAL Y. S.
Anadolu Romatoloji Günleri, Güzelyurt, Cyprus (Kktc), 1 - 05 May 2019

Anadolu’da Palaeopatolojik Araştımalar ve Antik DNA Çalışmaları

ERDAL Y. S.
Anadolu Romatoloji Günleri, Güzelyurt, Cyprus (Kktc), 1 - 05 May 2019

THE POPULATION REPLACEMENT AT ARSLANTEPE: REFLECTIONS ON THE HUMAN REMAINS

ERDAL Y. S.
Conference on Fifty Years of Excavations and Researches at Arslantepe-Malatya (Turkey) - The Contribution of La Sapienza University to the Study of the Earliest Centralised Societies, Rome, Italy, 5 - 07 December 2011, vol.34, pp.301-316 identifier

Evrim Paneli

ERDAL Y. S., UYSAL G.
Panel, Ankara, Turkey, 18 December 1998

Books & Book Chapters

From Bones to Genomes: Current Research on the Population History of Prehistoric Anatolia

Kazancı D. D., ALTINIŞIK N. E., Aydoğan A., ÖZER F., SÜRER E., ATAKUMAN Ç., et al.
in: The Archaeology of Anatolia, Volume IV: Recent Discoveries (2018–2020), Steadman Sharon R., McMahon Gregory, Editor, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Cambridge, pp.355-371, 2021

Ancient genomics in Neolithic Central Anatolia and Çatalhöyük

Yaka R., Doğu A., Kaptan D., Dağtaş N. D., Chyleski M., Vural, K. B., et al.
in: Peopling the Landscape of Çatalhöyük: Reports from the 2009-2017 Seasons, Hodder, Ian, Editor, British Institute at Ankara, Londrina, pp.395-405, 2021

LATE CHALCOLITHIC BURIALS AND FUNERARY RITUALS

Balossi Restelli F., ERDAL Y. S.
in: A R S L A N T E P E, PERIOD VII: THE DEVELOPMENT OF A CEREMONIAL/POLITICAL CENTRE IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE FOURTH MILLENNIUM BCE (LATE CHALCOLITHIC 3-4), Francesca Balossi Restelli, Editor, Arbor Sapientiae Editore S.r.l., Roma, pp.225-263, 2020

STABLE CARBON AND OXYGEN ISOTOPE EVIDENCE FOR!LATE THIRD MILLENNIUM BCE ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL CHANGE AT!TITRI ! HÖYÜK, AN!EARLY BRONZE AGE URBAN CENTER IN!THE LOWER TURKISH EUPHRATES WATERSHED

Schneider A. W., Somerville A. D., ERDAL Ö. D., ERDAL Y. S., Algaze G.
in: The Routledge Handbook of the Bioarchaeology of Climate and Environmental Change, Gwen Robbins Schug, Editor, Routledge, Non, pp.453-472, 2020

Plano-occipital flattening: intentional or unintentional treatment?

ERDAL Y. S., Damico V.
in: Pathways through Arslantepe: Essays in Honor of Marcella Frangipane, Francesca Balossi Restelli, Andrea Cardarelli, Gian Maria Di Nocera, Linda Manzanilla, Lucia Mori, Giulio Palumbi, Holly Pittman, Editor, SAPIENZA UNIVERSITÀ DI ROMA, Roma, pp.561-577, 2020

Kura-Araxes Kurgans at Uzun Rama, Azerbaijan: Interpretation of the Burial Customs and Human Remains

ERDAL Y. S., Jalilov B., Koruyucu M. M., D'Amico V., ERDAL Ö. D.
in: CONSTRUCTING KURGANS: BUR I A L MOUNDS AND FUNE R A RY CUSTOMS IN THE CAUCASUS AND EASTERN ANATOLIA DURING THE BRONZE AND IRON AGE, Nicola Laneri, Giulio Palumbi, Sylvie Müller Celka, Editor, Arbor Sapientiae Editore, Roma, pp.41-55, 2020

Yılmaz Selim Erdal / Middle Chalcolithic burials from Yumuktepe

ERDAL Y. S.
in: The Chalcolithic at Mersin-Yumuktepe Level XVI Reconsidered, Palumbi G, Caneva, I., Editor, Ege Yayınları, İstanbul, pp.181-183, 2019

Recent Late Chalcolithic and Iron Age Discoveries at Arslantepe: The 2017-2018 Seasons

Frangipane M., Balossi Restelli F., Di Nocara G. M., ERDAL Y. S., Manuelli F., Mori L.
in: The Archaeology of Anatolia,, Steadman, S.R. McMahon, G., Editor, Cambridge Scholar Publishing, Newcastle, pp.15-33, 2019

Bademağacı Höyüğü Neolitik İnsanlarında Nüfus Yapısının Biyokültürel Bakış Açısıyla Değerlendirilmesi

ERDAL Y. S.
in: Bademağacı Höyüğü Kazıları. Neolitik ve Erken Kalkolitik Çağ Yerleşmeleri, Refik Duru, Gülsün Umurtak, Editor, Ege Yayınları, İstanbul, pp.331-365, 2019

Re-presenting the past: Evidence from daily practices and rituals at Körtik Tepe

Benz M., Alt K. W., ERDAL Y. S., ŞAHİN F. S., ÖZKAYA V.
in: Religion, History and Place in the Origin og Settled Life, Ian Hodder, Editor, University Press of Colorado, Colorado, pp.137-163, 2018

Re-Presenting the Past: Evidence from Daily Practices and Rituals at Körtik Tepe

benz m., Alt K. W., ERDAL Y. S., ŞAHİN F. S., ÖZKAYA V.
in: Religion, History, and Place in the Origin of Settled Life, Ian Hodder, Editor, Üniversity Pres Of Colorado, Colorado, pp.137-161, 2018

Anthropological Analysis of the Skeletal Remains from the Acropolis of Perge.

ERDAL Y. S., ERDAL Ö. D.
in: Die Akropolis Von Perge Die Ergebnisse Der Grabungen 1998-2004 und 2008, Wolfram Martini – Norbert Eschbach, Editor, Koç Üniversitesi AKMED, Antalya, pp.341-347, 2017

Bakla Tepe Genç Tunç Çağı Mezarlarındaki İnsan Kalıntılarının Ölü Gömme Açısından Değerlendirilmesi.

ERDAL Y. S.
in: Bakla Tepe Geç Tunç Çağı Mezarları, Ayşegül Aykurt Hayat Erkanal, Editor, Ankara Üniversitesi, Ankara, pp.241-258, 2017

Anthropological Analysis of the Skeletal Remains from the Acropolis of Perge

ERDAL Y. S., ERDAL Ö. D.
in: Die Akropolis Von Perge: Die Ergebnisse der Grabungen 1998-2004 und 2008, Mark Wilson, Editor, AKMED, pp.341-348, 2017

Acemhöyük’ten Bir İnsan İskeletinde Saptanan Yaralanmaların Adli Antropolojik Açıdan İncelenmesi

ERDAL Y. S., ÖZDEMİR K., ERDAL Ö. D.
in: Samsat’tan Acemhöyük’e Eski Uygarlıkların İzinde Aliye Öztan’a Armağan, Süleyman Özkan, Halime Hüryılmaz, Atila Türker, Editor, Ege Üniversitesi, pp.119-134, 2017

The Evaluation of the Human Remains Late Bronze Age Graves in Relation to Burial Customs.

ERDAL Y. S.
in: Late Bronze Age Graves of Bakla Tepe, Ayşegül Aykurt Hayat Erkanal, Editor, Ankara Üniversitesi, Ankara, pp.259-277, 2017

Acemhöyük ten Bir İnsan İskeletinde Saptanan Yaralanmaların Adli Antropolojik Açıdan İncelenmesi

ERDAL Y. S., ÖZDEMİR K., ERDAL Ö. D.
in: Samsat tan Acemhöyük e Eski Uygarlıkların İzinde: Aliye Öztan a Armağan, Süleyman Özkan Halime Hüryılmaz Atila Tğrker, Editor, Ege Üniversitesi Basımevi, İzmir, pp.105-119, 2017

The eguality of inequality: Social differantiaton among the hunter-fisher-gatherer community of Körtik Tepe, south-eastern Turkey

Benz M., ERDAL Y. S., ŞAHİN F. S., ÖZKAYA V., Kurt A.
in: Rich and Poor Competing for Resources in Prehistoric Societies, Meller HH, Hahn HP, Jung R, Risch R., Editor, Landmuseum fur Vorgeshichte, Halle, pp.147-164, 2016

Ortaçağ’da Nüfus Değişimi Öncesine Ait Bir Bizans Topluluğu: Komana İnsan Kalıntılarının Antropolojik Analizi

ERDAL Y. S., ERDAL Ö. D., KORUYUCU M. M.
in: Komana Ortaçağ Yerleşimi The Medieval Settlement at Komana, Erciyas, D. Burcu - M. N. Tatbul, Editor, Ege Yayınları, İstanbul, pp.83-114, 2015

Element analizleri ile Erken Tunç Çağı İkiztepe toplumunun yaşadığı ekolojik ortam ve besin kaynaklarının belirlenmesi üzerine bir deneme

ÖZDEMİR K., ERDAL Y. S.
in: Türkiye’de Arkeometrinin Ulu Çınarları, Prof. Dr. Ay Melek Özer ve Prof. Dr. Şahinde Demirci’ye Armağan, Kameray Özdemir, Ali Akın Akyol, Editor, Arkeoloji ve Sanat, İstanbul, pp.281-293, 2012

İznik Çocuklarında Görülen Bir Patoloji: Harris Çizgileri

ERDAL Y. S., UYSAL G.
in: HUMANA Bozkurt Güvenç’xxe Armağan, DEMİRDÖVEN İSMAİL H, AYDIN SUAVİ, ALTUNTEK N. SERPİL, Editor, Kültür Bakanlığı Yayını, Ankara, pp.227-243, 1994