Неколико радова који ће бити објављени у блиској будућности, и у којима ће бити древних узорака са простора Србије:
Mass Violence, Age and Gender in the Early Iron Age of the Carpathian Basin
This study presents the bioarchaeological findings of 77 individuals and the biomolecular analysis of 25 individuals from a 9th-century BCE mass grave at Gomolava in the Carpathian Basin, Southeast Europe. The site is located at the crossroad of complex socio-spatial relations, divergent cultural traditions, and competing ideologies of landscape use. Excessive lethal violence enacted mostly on women and children suggests a selective demographic bias. Employing a multidisciplinary framework, we suggest a model for the social context in which the violent events surrounding the death of those buried in Gomolava took place. We explore the cause of death through osteological analysis, discern mobility patterns and diet habits through isotope analyses, reconstruct their genetic ancestry through genomic analyses, ascertain the age and sex distribution across the complete assemblage using a combination of osteological examination, genetic sexing and enamel peptide analysis and establish the age and time frame of the burial event using radiocarbon dating and micro-CT scanning. These findings shed new light on the socioeconomic roles and significance of women and young individuals in later European prehistory and aim to serve as a model for integrating genetic data across disciplines to construct meaningful, context-rich narratives.
Keszthely, Sirmium, Singidunum: Genetic Insights into the End of Roman Cities at the Limes.
From the 1st to the 4th century, Pannonian provinces played a key role in the functioning and supply of the empire, with urban complexes reportedly counting thousands of individuals. During the 5th century, the Roman Empire administration progressively abandoned this area, possibly as a consequence of the growing instability of the region. Archaeological and historical sources report a continued usage of the infrastructures through and after the 5th century, and archaeological investigations suggest at least partial population continuity. Nonetheless, there is yet no systematic investigation of the genetic impact on urban populations at the turn of the 5th century. Here, we present ~300 new autosomal genomes from former Roman cities in the region, dated between the 3rd and 7th century, complemented with a systematic strategy of isotope analysis to investigate diet and mobility. In concordance with previous literature, a wide genetic diversity in the area characterizes the population of the Roman period. Yet, the analysis of 5th century cemeteries reveals a disappearance of ancestries associated with the Eastern Mediterranean and African areas, shrinking the ancestral complexity to one that is comparable to that of “barbaric”-associated contexts in the area. Moreover, cemeteries dated to the 6th and 7th century present further homogeneous ancestry patterns: here, the analysis of biological relatedness and isotopes point to a recent settling in former urban complexes from (quasi-)local groups. This suggests sizable demographic changes at the fall of the Roman empire in this region and particularly in the contexts of former Roman cities.
Tracing the Demographic Shifts in a Roman city on the Danubian Frontier During the Migration Period through Paleogenetics
During Late Antiquity, the Roman city of Viminacium – located in present-day Serbia on the Danubian frontier at the crossroads of the Balkan Peninsula, the Black Sea and the western part of the Roman Empire - acted both as a commercial hub and a strategic military base. It eventually developed into one of the largest cities in the northern provinces and became the capital of the province of Upper Moesia. With the transition from Late Antiquity to the
Migration Period, this region of the Roman Empire underwent profound political and social transformations. In Southeastern Europe, these changes were accompanied by increased migration into the empire. For Viminacium, these developments had devastating consequences, with a reduction of the city size after relocation of the military garrison, and culminating with the city's destruction at the hands of the Huns in 441 CE. The city was then rebuilt by Emperor Justinian, only to be sacked again by the Avars in 582. To study the history of the city beyond the available historical records, and to investigate whether the aforementioned changes had an effect on its demography, we generated more than a hundred new genomes from the Viminacium
necropoleis, focusing on the 4th, 5th and 6th centuries. We document a significant shift in the ancestry of Viminacium in the 5th century, marked by a decline in genetic diversity with respect to the previous period, potentially reflecting the mutated policies of the Late Roman Empire or the effect of the Huns’ destruction of the city.
