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Unraveling ancestry, kinship, and violence in a Late Neolithic mass grave
ancient DNA
archaeology
kinship
migration
violence
The third millennium BCE was a period of major cultural and demographic changes in Europe that signaled the beginning of the Bronze Age. People from the Pontic steppe expanded westward, leading to the formation of the Corded Ware complex and transforming the genetic landscape of Europe. At the time, the Globular Amphora culture (3300–2700 BCE) existed over large parts of Central and Eastern Europe, but little is known about their interaction with neighboring Corded Ware groups and steppe societies. Here we present a detailed study of a Late Neolithic mass grave from southern Poland belonging to the Globular Amphora culture and containing the remains of 15 men, women, and children, all killed by blows to the head. We sequenced their genomes to between 1.1- and 3.9-fold coverage and performed kinship analyses that demonstrate that the individuals belonged to a large extended family. The bodies had been carefully laid out according to kin relationships by someone who evidently knew the deceased. From a population genetic viewpoint, the people from Koszyce are clearly distinct from neighboring Corded Ware groups because of their lack of steppe-related ancestry. Although the reason for the massacre is unknown, it is possible that it was connected with the expansion of Corded Ware groups, which may have resulted in competition for resources and violent conflict. Together with the archaeological evidence, these analyses provide an unprecedented level of insight into the kinship structure and social behavior of a Late Neolithic community.
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dc.abstract.en | The third millennium BCE was a period of major cultural and demographic changes in Europe that signaled the beginning of the Bronze Age. People from the Pontic steppe expanded westward, leading to the formation of the Corded Ware complex and transforming the genetic landscape of Europe. At the time, the Globular Amphora culture (3300–2700 BCE) existed over large parts of Central and Eastern Europe, but little is known about their interaction with neighboring Corded Ware groups and steppe societies. Here we present a detailed study of a Late Neolithic mass grave from southern Poland belonging to the Globular Amphora culture and containing the remains of 15 men, women, and children, all killed by blows to the head. We sequenced their genomes to between 1.1- and 3.9-fold coverage and performed kinship analyses that demonstrate that the individuals belonged to a large extended family. The bodies had been carefully laid out according to kin relationships by someone who evidently knew the deceased. From a population genetic viewpoint, the people from Koszyce are clearly distinct from neighboring Corded Ware groups because of their lack of steppe-related ancestry. Although the reason for the massacre is unknown, it is possible that it was connected with the expansion of Corded Ware groups, which may have resulted in competition for resources and violent conflict. Together with the archaeological evidence, these analyses provide an unprecedented level of insight into the kinship structure and social behavior of a Late Neolithic community. | pl |
dc.affiliation | Wydział Lekarski : Zakład Anatomii | pl |
dc.affiliation | Wydział Historyczny : Instytut Archeologii | pl |
dc.affiliation | Wydział Lekarski : Zakład Medycyny Sądowej | pl |
dc.cm.id | 94065 | |
dc.contributor.author | Schroeder, Hannes | pl |
dc.contributor.author | Margaryan, Ashot | pl |
dc.contributor.author | Szmyt, Marzena | pl |
dc.contributor.author | Theulot, Bertrand | pl |
dc.contributor.author | Włodarczak, Piotr | pl |
dc.contributor.author | Rasmussen, Simon | pl |
dc.contributor.author | Gopalakrishnan, Shyam | pl |
dc.contributor.author | Szczepanek, Anita - 132200 | pl |
dc.contributor.author | Konopka, Tomasz - 130254 | pl |
dc.contributor.author | Jensen, Theis | pl |
dc.contributor.author | Witkowska, Barbara - 144652 | pl |
dc.contributor.author | Wilk, Stanisław - 254551 | pl |
dc.contributor.author | Przybyła, Marcin | pl |
dc.contributor.author | Pospieszny, Łukasz | pl |
dc.contributor.author | Sjögren, Karl-Göran | pl |
dc.contributor.author | Belka, Zdzislaw | pl |
dc.contributor.author | Olsen, Jesper | pl |
dc.contributor.author | Kristiansen, Kristian | pl |
dc.contributor.author | Willerslev, Eske | pl |
dc.contributor.author | Frei, Karin | pl |
dc.contributor.author | Sikora, Martin | pl |
dc.contributor.author | Johannsenv, Niels | pl |
dc.contributor.author | Allentoft, Morten | pl |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-08-20T09:36:24Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-08-20T09:36:24Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2019 | pl |
dc.date.openaccess | 0 | |
dc.description.accesstime | w momencie opublikowania | |
dc.description.number | 22 | pl |
dc.description.physical | 10705-10710 | pl |
dc.description.points | 200 | pl |
dc.description.publication | 0,3 | pl |
dc.description.version | ostateczna wersja wydawcy | |
dc.description.volume | 116 | pl |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1073/pnas.1820210116 | pl |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1091-6490 | pl |
dc.identifier.issn | 0027-8424 | pl |
dc.identifier.project | ROD UJ / OP | pl |
dc.identifier.uri | https://ruj.uj.edu.pl/xmlui/handle/item/80954 | |
dc.language | eng | pl |
dc.language.container | eng | pl |
dc.rights | Udzielam licencji. Uznanie autorstwa - Użycie niekomercyjne - Bez utworów zależnych 4.0 Międzynarodowa | * |
dc.rights.licence | CC-BY-NC-ND | |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode.pl | * |
dc.share.type | inne | |
dc.subject.en | ancient DNA | pl |
dc.subject.en | archaeology | pl |
dc.subject.en | kinship | pl |
dc.subject.en | migration | pl |
dc.subject.en | violence | pl |
dc.subtype | Article | pl |
dc.title | Unraveling ancestry, kinship, and violence in a Late Neolithic mass grave | pl |
dc.title.journal | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America | pl |
dc.type | JournalArticle | pl |
dspace.entity.type | Publication |
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