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I’ve been away over the holidays on work business, all top secret of course, so my apologies for the lack of writing in your inboxes. Rest assured there’s much in the pipeline so I thought I’d get that down on paper now and commit for you guys.

Firstly I’m working on a three-part series on Chinese prehistory, covering initially the Neolithic period and K.C Chang’s hypothesis that an early shaman-king ideology underpinned the origins of the state, secondly a piece on the connections between China and the steppe, the introduction and development of bronze technology and the first dynasties, and finally a speculative look at the possible back-migrations from North America into Eurasia and the theory that the Xiongnu Confederation had some Native American blood!

I’m also at the research and reading stages of a similar series focusing on the lesser-known but fascinating South American cultures, and the role of metallurgy and religion in the successive waves of crises on the Peruvian coastline amongst others.

I have a notebook of one-off pieces to complete, including explorations into the ‘stranger king’ phenomenon, American imperial anthropology in Afghanistan, lines of evidence for pre-Columbian contact between the Old and New Worlds and much more.

Finally of course I have updates and breakdowns of new papers and the final two videos in my lecture series on archaeological genetics for beginners. The first few have been well received and I think I will continue with another series once this one is complete.

Thank you all for your patience, especially my paid subscribers. This is a one-man show and I can only write in my spare time, so I appreciate all your support.

SAH