id
	11851
Url
	https://chloe.cnr.it/s/BiDiAr/item/11851
Resource template
	Academic Article
Resource class
	bibo:AcademicArticle
Title
	Understanding 6th-century barbarian social organization and migration through paleogenomics
Creator
	Amorim, Carlos Eduardo G.
	Vai, Stefania
	Posth, Cosimo
	Modi, Alessandra
	Koncz, István
	Hakenbeck, Susanne
	La Rocca, Maria Cristina
	Mende, Balazs
	Bobo, Dean
	Pohl, Walter
	Baricco, Luisella Pejrani
	Bedini, Elena
	Francalacci, Paolo
	Giostra, Caterina
	Vida, Tivadar
	Winger, Daniel
	von Freeden, Uta
	Ghirotto, Silvia
	Lari, Martina
	Barbujani, Guido
	Krause, Johannes
	Caramelli, David
	Geary, Patrick J.
	Veeramah, Krishna R.
Date
	2018
Language
	eng
Rights
	2018 The Author(s)
Abstract
	Despite centuries of research, much about the barbarian migrations that took place between the fourth and sixth centuries in Europe remains hotly debated. To better understand this key era that marks the dawn of modern European societies, we obtained ancient genomic DNA from 63 samples from two cemeteries (from Hungary and Northern Italy) that have been previously associated with the Longobards, a barbarian people that ruled large parts of Italy for over 200 years after invading from Pannonia in 568 CE. Our dense cemetery-based sampling revealed that each cemetery was primarily organized around one large pedigree, suggesting that biological relationships played an important role in these early medieval societies. Moreover, we identified genetic structure in each cemetery involving at least two groups with different ancestry that were very distinct in terms of their funerary customs. Finally, our data are consistent with the proposed long-distance migration from Pannonia to Northern Italy.
Is Part Of
	Nature Communications
Cited by
	11059
Doi
	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06024-4
Issn
	2041-1723
Issue
	1
Pages
	3547
Uri
	https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-06024-4
Volume
	9
Homepage
	https://www.zotero.org/groups/5293298/bidiar/items/EFZIUW5Q/item-list

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