Early Medieval Population History of the Rhineland
The Rhineland at the Edge of Empire The Rhineland in late antiquity and the early Middle Ages was a borderland, and borderlands are rarely quiet. For centuries the Roman world shaped life here, building roads, forts, and a frontier along the Rhine. The river was a stage on which soldiers,
Tracing the spread of Germanic languages using ancient genomics
Ancient DNA and the Archaeology of the Dead The story begins not with kings, but with bones on trays and teeth in labelled tubes. Across northern and western Europe, the search for the origins of Germanic speech drew strength from graves, bogs, barrows, and battle deposits — an immense gathering of
Ancient Iranian mtDNA and skeletal identification
Elam in the Lowlands of Khuzestan In southwestern Iran, on the hot plains of Khuzestan, one of the oldest great civilizations of the ancient Near East once thrived: Elam. Though often overshadowed by Mesopotamia, Elam commanded trade routes, labour, and ideas across the Iranian Plateau. Its territory stretched from KhuzestanLatest Articles
Haplogroup R1a1a1b1a3a1a10
In the early 12th century, one man buried in Iceland carried a Y-chromosome line now reported in MyTrueAncestry as R1a1a1b1a3a1a10. He appears in the sample list simply as TSK-A26, described as a Viking Saxon individual from Iceland dated to 1104 AD. It is a sparse record, but that sparseness is
Haplogroup I1a1b1a4a2f1a1a7
One of the clearest clues for the haplogroup I1a1b1a4a2f1a1a7 in this set comes from a Viking Age individual identified as HSJ-A1, dated to around AD 950 and described as a Norwegian Viking in Iceland. That is already a revealing combination. By the mid-10th century, Iceland was a new society on
Haplogroup R1b1a1b1a1a2c1a4b2c3a
In around AD 935, one man associated with the settlement of Viking Age Iceland appears in the ancient DNA record as ORE-A1, described here as a Gaelic settler in Viking Iceland. That pairing is the real point of interest. It is not simply that he lived in Iceland during the
Haplogroup I1a1b1a4a2f
One of the more arresting clues for the haplogroup I1a1b1a4a2f comes from Iceland around AD 935, where an ancient individual identified as SSG-A3 is described as a Viking-Gaelic mix. That phrase matters. It places a paternal line within one of the best-known contact zones of the early medieval North: not
Haplogroup R1a1a1b1a3a1b1
At this level of detail, R1a1a1b1a3a1b1 is a very narrow paternal branch, the sort of lineage label that sounds almost comically technical until you remember what it represents: one surviving line of fathers and sons, carried through centuries of very ordinary lives and only occasionally catching the archaeologist's
Haplogroup E2b1
One of the more arresting things about haplogroup E2b1 is that, in the ancient DNA record available here, it turns up not in some tidy homeland story but in a Sarmatian-context individual from the Urals: MJ40, dated to around 350 BC. That is already enough to make the archaeology interesting.Civilizations
Belgae Discussion
Dedicated for all DNA, Analysis Results, History, Research topics related to: Belgae The ethnic name Belgae comes from the Proto-Celtic word Bolgi which means "The People who Swell with anger or battle fury". These Celtic people lived north of the Gauls and Aquitani and differed by language, customs
Visigoths Discussion
Dedicated for all DNA, Analysis Results, History, Research topics related to: Visigoths The Visigoths emerged from earlier Germanic Gothic groups (possibly the Thervingi) who had invaded the Roman Empire beginning in 376 and had defeated the Romans at the Battle of Adrianople in 378. Relations between the Romans and the
Scythians Discussion
Dedicated for all DNA, Analysis Results, History, Research topics related to: Scythians Scythians had a reputation as the epitome of savagery and barbarism - they were among the earliest peoples to master mounted warfare. They lived in tent-covered wagons and fought with composite bows shot from horseback. With great mobility,
Ostrogoths Discussion
Dedicated for all DNA, Analysis Results, History, Research topics related to: Ostrogoths Originating from Scandinavia, the Goths of Eastern Europe were shattered when Attila and the Huns blasted onto the scene. The Gothic kingdom was split - those who crossed the Danube to enter the Roman Empire became the Visigoths.Haplogroups and Noble Lines
Haplogroup R1a1a1b1a3a1a10
In the early 12th century, one man buried in Iceland carried a Y-chromosome line now reported in MyTrueAncestry as R1a1a1b1a3a1a10. He appears in the sample list simply as TSK-A26, described as a Viking Saxon individual from Iceland dated to 1104 AD. It is a sparse record, but that sparseness is
Haplogroup I1a1b1a4a2f1a1a7
One of the clearest clues for the haplogroup I1a1b1a4a2f1a1a7 in this set comes from a Viking Age individual identified as HSJ-A1, dated to around AD 950 and described as a Norwegian Viking in Iceland. That is already a revealing combination. By the mid-10th century, Iceland was a new society on
Haplogroup R1b1a1b1a1a2c1a4b2c3a
In around AD 935, one man associated with the settlement of Viking Age Iceland appears in the ancient DNA record as ORE-A1, described here as a Gaelic settler in Viking Iceland. That pairing is the real point of interest. It is not simply that he lived in Iceland during the
Haplogroup I1a1b1a4a2f
One of the more arresting clues for the haplogroup I1a1b1a4a2f comes from Iceland around AD 935, where an ancient individual identified as SSG-A3 is described as a Viking-Gaelic mix. That phrase matters. It places a paternal line within one of the best-known contact zones of the early medieval North: notLatest Articles
Haplogroup R1a1a1b1a3a1a10
In the early 12th century, one man buried in Iceland carried a Y-chromosome line now reported in MyTrueAncestry as R1a1a1b1a3a1a10. He appears in the sample list simply as TSK-A26, described as a Viking Saxon individual from Iceland dated to 1104 AD. It is a sparse record, but that sparseness is
Haplogroup I1a1b1a4a2f1a1a7
One of the clearest clues for the haplogroup I1a1b1a4a2f1a1a7 in this set comes from a Viking Age individual identified as HSJ-A1, dated to around AD 950 and described as a Norwegian Viking in Iceland. That is already a revealing combination. By the mid-10th century, Iceland was a new society on
Haplogroup R1b1a1b1a1a2c1a4b2c3a
In around AD 935, one man associated with the settlement of Viking Age Iceland appears in the ancient DNA record as ORE-A1, described here as a Gaelic settler in Viking Iceland. That pairing is the real point of interest. It is not simply that he lived in Iceland during the
Haplogroup I1a1b1a4a2f
One of the more arresting clues for the haplogroup I1a1b1a4a2f comes from Iceland around AD 935, where an ancient individual identified as SSG-A3 is described as a Viking-Gaelic mix. That phrase matters. It places a paternal line within one of the best-known contact zones of the early medieval North: not
Haplogroup R1a1a1b1a3a1b1
At this level of detail, R1a1a1b1a3a1b1 is a very narrow paternal branch, the sort of lineage label that sounds almost comically technical until you remember what it represents: one surviving line of fathers and sons, carried through centuries of very ordinary lives and only occasionally catching the archaeologist's
