Papers Genetic Traces of a 1348 Catalan Pogrom: Medieval Iberian Jews Revealed by Ancient DNA Medieval Iberian Jews and the 1348 Tà rrega Pogrom Medieval Iberian Jews and the 1348 Tà rrega Pogrom In the summer of 1348, as the Black Death raged across Europe, the small Catalan town of Tà rrega saw one of the most violent anti-Jewish attacks in the Crown of Aragon. Chronicles speak of By Caterina ⢠7 min read
Papers Genomes and Graves: Kinship and Childhood in Medieval Swedish Multiple Burials Medieval Scandinavian Multiple Burials and Christian-Period Mortuary Traditions Medieval Scandinavian Multiple Burials and Christian-Period Mortuary Traditions Introduction: Ancient DNA and Shared Graves in Medieval Sweden This comprehensive study explores the fascinating world of medieval Swedish churchyards through the lens of ancient DNA analysis, revealing unprecedented insights into family life, social By Sven ⢠6 min read
Papers Genetic encounters at San Marcial de RubicĂłn: early colonial mixing of European settlers and North African Moriscos in 15thâcentury Lanzarote European Atlantic Expansion and the First Colonial City at San Marcial de RubicĂłn European Atlantic Expansion and the First Colonial City at San Marcial de RubicĂłn The study of San Marcial de RubicĂłn, situated on the southern tip of Lanzarote, places this remarkable settlement at the sharp edge of European By Sven ⢠6 min read
Papers Roman Soldiers on the Move: Praetorium Agrippinae and the Lower Rhine Frontier Roman Military Communities as Socially Mixed Borderland Settlements Roman Military Communities as Socially Mixed Borderland Settlements The archaeological site of Praetorium Agrippinae at modern Valkenburg in South Holland presents a compelling case study of Roman military communities as dynamic, socially mixed borderland settlements. This was not a lonely outpost of By Caterina ⢠5 min read
Papers Ancient Dogs of Eurasia: from Palaeolithic Caves to Mesolithic Rivers Ancient Dogs of Eurasia: From Palaeolithic Caves to Mesolithic Rivers Palaeolithic Dogs and Their Break from Wolves The research plunges us into a world 16,000 years ago, when western Eurasia was home not just to mammoths and reindeer hunters, but to dogs that were already genetically distinct from wolves. By Sara V ⢠7 min read
Papers Ancient Human DNA from Open-Air Sediments in Japan: Katsuren Castle Ancient Human DNA Without Bones: Stories in the Soil Ancient Human DNA Without Bones: Stories in the Soil Introduction: Overcoming Archaeological Limitations This comprehensive study explores an ingenious workaround for one of archaeology's most fundamental problems: bones do not last forever. In humid, acidic landscapes, skeletons crumble and By Caterina ⢠8 min read
Papers Unveiling the BaĚthory Dynasty: Genetic Confirmation of Historical Lineage Through Ancient DNA Analysis Genetic identification of members of the prominent BĂĄthory aristocratic family - PMCThe BĂĄthory family was one of the most powerful noble families in the medieval Hungarian Kingdom. Their influence peaked during the Ottoman occupation of Hungary, when the only partially autonomous region of the country was Transylvania, underâŚNCBI home By Jamie L ⢠4 min read
Papers Proving the Ottonians: Ancient DNA Confirms the Paternal Kinship of Emperors Otto I and Henry II Ottonian Emperors, Cathedrals, and DNA: Bringing the Early Empire Back to Life Ottonian Emperors, Cathedrals, and DNA: Bringing the Early Empire Back to Life This comprehensive study plunges readers into the political heart of 10th and early 11th-century Europe, following the bones of two of its most important rulers: Emperor By Sven ⢠6 min read
Papers Modern Human Expansion 300,000 Years Ago as a Driver of Neandertal Origins By Sara V ⢠6 min read
Papers The âBeachy Head Womanâ: Ancient DNA Shows a Local Romano-Briton Beachy Head Woman: A Romano-British Life Revealed Beachy Head Woman: A Romano-British Life Revealed Through Modern Science Introduction: From Basement Box to Scientific Discovery In 2012, a forgotten skeleton emerged from a dusty box in Eastbourne Town Hall, bearing only a simple label: "Beachy Head (1959)". This discovery By Sara V ⢠6 min read
Papers Kinship and CoâBurial in Neolithic Sweden Genetic Kinship and Neolithic Co-burial Rituals on Gotland Genetic Kinship Shaping Neolithic Co-burial Rituals on Gotland This comprehensive study takes readers to Ajvide on the island of Gotland in the Baltic Sea, one of Stone Age Europe's largest and best-preserved hunter-gatherer cemeteries. Here, people of the Pitted Ware By Sven ⢠5 min read
Papers Late Byzantine Burials and Sacred Memory at St Isidoreâs Basilica, Chios Byzantine Monumental Architecture and the Deep Stratigraphy of St Isidore, Chios Byzantine Monumental Architecture and the Deep Stratigraphy of St Isidore, Chios The sacred landscape of the eastern Aegean reveals one of its most compelling stories through the Basilica of St Isidore at Chios, where layers of stone, mosaic, and By Caterina ⢠7 min read
Papers Mantiot Greeks - A Possible Spartan-descendant Identity? Deep Maniot YâChromosome Lineages and Their Ancient Mediterranean Connections Deep Maniot YâChromosome Lineages and Their Ancient Mediterranean Connections This comprehensive study takes readers deep into the rugged spine of the Mani peninsula, revealing how the Yâchromosomes of its men carry traceable echoes of Bronze Age warriors, Roman By Sven ⢠8 min read
Papers Genetic Diversity in the Late Iron Age Goths of the MasĹomÄcz Group Gothic Cosmopolitanism and Long-Range Mobility beyond the Roman Frontier Gothic Cosmopolitanism and Long-Range Mobility beyond the Roman Frontier This comprehensive study transports readers to the eastern fringes of the Roman world, into the HrubieszĂłw Basin of what is now eastern Poland, where an astonishingly rich Goth-associated community â the MasĹomÄcz group By Caterina ⢠6 min read
Papers The Grave that Refused to Die - Neolithic Northern France The Bury Gallery Grave: A Monument That Refused to Stay Still The Bury Gallery Grave: A Monument That Refused to Stay Still Introduction: A Hidden Giant in a Garden The Bury gallery grave in northern France represents far more than a simple stone tomb. This remarkable monument underwent continuous transformation By Caterina ⢠6 min read
Papers Erik the Red and the First Viking Settlers of Greenland Erik the Red and Norse Greenland: From Sagas to Archaeological Evidence Norse Greenland: From Sagas to Archaeological Evidence Erik the Red in Exile: From Outlaw to Greenland's First Viking Leader The story follows Erik the Red as he transforms disgrace into opportunity. Cast out of Iceland in 982 By Sven ⢠8 min read
Papers Medieval DNA and Isotope Evidence for the Local Origins of Berlinâs First Townspeople Medieval Berlin: Archaeological and Genetic Evidence from St. Peter's Churchyard Introduction: Uncovering Berlin's Medieval Origins Through Ancient DNA and Archaeological Evidence The origins of Berlin emerge not from dusty chronicles or royal charters, but from thousands of graves discovered beneath the bustling streets of modern central By Caterina ⢠10 min read
Papers Bell BeakerâDriven Population Turnover in the RhineâMeuse Region Hunter-Gatherer Continuity and Mixed Lifeways in the RhineâMeuse Wetlands From Mesolithic Foragers to Bell Beaker Pioneers Introduction: A Waterlogged World That Defied Convention The RhineâMeuse region presents one of European prehistory's most fascinating stories of cultural and genetic continuity. This waterlogged landscape of rivers, peat bogs, By Sven ⢠6 min read
Papers Tracing Leonardo: DNA Signals from da VinciâLinked Artifacts Biological Signatures on Leonardo-Linked Objects Biological Signatures on Leonardo-Linked Objects: A Comprehensive Analysis of Renaissance DNA This comprehensive study explores how traces of life â from plants and animals to microbes and humans â still cling to Renaissance drawings and centuries-old letters. By taking the gentlest possible swabs from the surfaces of By Caterina ⢠5 min read
Papers Kinship and long-distance genetic networks in Early Bronze Age Lower Austria Early Bronze Age Social Structure & Kinship in Lower Austria Early Bronze Age Social Structure & Kinship in Lower Austria The article takes the reader into the farmsteads and graveyards of Early Bronze Age Lower Austria, north and south of the Danube, to explore how people lived, married, moved and By Sven ⢠10 min read
Papers Huns, Goths and the Turbulent World Behind the Tyniec Cemetery - Southwest Poland The article drops the reader straight into one of the most dramatic episodes in late antiquity: the Migration Period in Central Europe, when the arrival of the Huns from Central Asia set whole peoples in motion and reshaped the map from the Black Sea to the Rhine. Against this sweeping By Jamie L ⢠8 min read
Papers Unravelling Columbusâ Lineage: Forensic SNP Sequencing Identifies 17thâ18th-Century Descendants The Hidden Crypt of Columbus' Descendants in Gelves The Hidden Crypt of Columbus' Descendants Beneath the Church Floor: A Sealed Family Pantheon Deep beneath the church of Santa MarĂa de Gracia in Gelves, near Seville, lies a family crypt that for centuries remained sealed by ecclesiastical authority. This By Caterina ⢠6 min read
Papers Plague, Farmers, and Foragers: Ancient DNA Reveals Interaction and Disease Among Neolithic Gotlanders Neolithic Farmers and Foragers on Gotland Neolithic Farmers and Foragers on Gotland: Two Worlds on One Island The windswept limestone island of Gotland in the Baltic Sea witnessed an extraordinary coexistence during the Middle Neolithic period, where two fundamentally different ways of life shared the same landscape for more than By Sven ⢠4 min read
