Hi geveN,

Thank you for your very kind words on my publications. I have a special interest in the Beaker peoples and have looked at a good deal of the evidence, but my research is still ongoing and incomplete. I plan on writing a piece on the “Iberian Maritime Bell Beaker Package” in the near future.

Your questions on the genetic character of the peopling of Eurasia in the last several millennia are excellent. But, this is currently beyond my expertise mainly because of the scarcity of definitive DNA analytical studies of the actual human remains found in the graves and tombs of Eurasian prehistory. For instance, I would love to see some rigorous comparative DNA studies of the human remains found in the Early Bronze Age Mesara tholos tombs on Crete and among the Millarens in Iberia, but to the best of my knowledge none have ever been published.

Best Regards,

Sheppard