Nature Communications (Aug 2023)
Patrilocality and hunter-gatherer-related ancestry of populations in East-Central Europe during the Middle Bronze Age
- Maciej Chyleński,
- Przemysław Makarowicz,
- Anna Juras,
- Maja Krzewińska,
- Łukasz Pospieszny,
- Edvard Ehler,
- Agnieszka Breszka,
- Jacek Górski,
- Halina Taras,
- Anita Szczepanek,
- Marta Polańska,
- Piotr Włodarczak,
- Anna Lasota-Kuś,
- Irena Wójcik,
- Jan Romaniszyn,
- Marzena Szmyt,
- Aleksander Kośko,
- Marcin Ignaczak,
- Sylwester Sadowski,
- Andrzej Matoga,
- Anna Grossman,
- Vasyl Ilchyshyn,
- Maryna O. Yahodinska,
- Adriana Romańska,
- Krzysztof Tunia,
- Marcin Przybyła,
- Ryszard Grygiel,
- Krzysztof Szostek,
- Miroslawa Dabert,
- Anders Götherström,
- Mattias Jakobsson,
- Helena Malmström
Affiliations
- Maciej Chyleński
- Institute of Human Biology and Evolution, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 6
- Przemysław Makarowicz
- Faculty of Archaeology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 7
- Anna Juras
- Institute of Human Biology and Evolution, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 6
- Maja Krzewińska
- Archaeological Research Laboratory, Department of Archaeology and Classical Studies, Stockholm University
- Łukasz Pospieszny
- Institute of Archaeology, University of Gdańsk
- Edvard Ehler
- Laboratory of Genomics and Bioinformatics, Institute of Molecular Genetics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Vídeňská 1083
- Agnieszka Breszka
- Institute of Human Biology and Evolution, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 6
- Jacek Górski
- Department of History and Cultural Heritage, University of Pope Jan Paweł II
- Halina Taras
- Institute of Archaeology, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University
- Anita Szczepanek
- Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology, Polish Academy of Science
- Marta Polańska
- Department of Material and Spiritual Culture, Lublin Museum
- Piotr Włodarczak
- Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology, Polish Academy of Science
- Anna Lasota-Kuś
- Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology, Polish Academy of Science
- Irena Wójcik
- Archaeological Museum in Cracow
- Jan Romaniszyn
- Faculty of Archaeology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 7
- Marzena Szmyt
- Faculty of Archaeology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 7
- Aleksander Kośko
- Faculty of Archaeology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 7
- Marcin Ignaczak
- Faculty of Archaeology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 7
- Sylwester Sadowski
- Institute of Archaeology, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University
- Andrzej Matoga
- Archaeological Museum in Cracow
- Anna Grossman
- Muzeum Archeologiczne w Biskupinie
- Vasyl Ilchyshyn
- Zaliztsi Museum of Local Lore
- Maryna O. Yahodinska
- Ternopil Regional Center for Protection and Research of Cultural Heritage Sites
- Adriana Romańska
- Wojewódzki Urząd Ochrony Zabytków
- Krzysztof Tunia
- Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology, Polish Academy of Science
- Marcin Przybyła
- Archaeological company “Dolmen Marcin Przybyła, Michał Podsiadło s.c.”
- Ryszard Grygiel
- Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography in Łódź
- Krzysztof Szostek
- Institute of Biological Sciences, Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw
- Miroslawa Dabert
- Molecular Biology Techniques Laboratory, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 6
- Anders Götherström
- Archaeological Research Laboratory, Department of Archaeology and Classical Studies, Stockholm University
- Mattias Jakobsson
- Human Evolution, Department of Organismal Biology, Uppsala University
- Helena Malmström
- Human Evolution, Department of Organismal Biology, Uppsala University
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-40072-9
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 14,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 12
Abstract
Abstract The demographic history of East-Central Europe after the Neolithic period remains poorly explored, despite this region being on the confluence of various ecological zones and cultural entities. Here, the descendants of societies associated with steppe pastoralists form Early Bronze Age were followed by Middle Bronze Age populations displaying unique characteristics. Particularly, the predominance of collective burials, the scale of which, was previously seen only in the Neolithic. The extent to which this re-emergence of older traditions is a result of genetic shift or social changes in the MBA is a subject of debate. Here by analysing 91 newly generated genomes from Bronze Age individuals from present Poland and Ukraine, we discovered that Middle Bronze Age populations were formed by an additional admixture event involving a population with relatively high proportions of genetic component associated with European hunter-gatherers and that their social structure was based on, primarily patrilocal, multigenerational kin-groups.
