02-25-2024, 07:59 AM
And the Kamenice paper will include also 2 LBA Bulgarian samples:
Quote:Situated in southeastern Albania at the interface of the Aegean and the Adriatic, the Tumulus of Kamenice was used for inhumations from 1600 to 500 BCE. In order to understand societal transformations in Kamenice and its regional context, we generated genome-wide SNP data for 204 individuals from Kamenice that span the full-time transect, 24 individuals from Iron Age North Macedonia, and 2 individuals from Late Bronze Age southwestern Bulgaria. Our comprehensive dataset provides first insights into genetic continuities and changes of Late Bronze Age and Iron Age Albania as well as biological relatedness and demography of a single tumulus. Furthermore, we could compare the spread of cultural elements from central Europe and southern Aegean with genetic pattern and kinship practice.
We identified a genetically homogeneous population throughout the respective time in contrast to all societal transformations in the wider region. Our results indicate that populations from Albania, the northern Aegean and Dalmatia form a joint cluster along Adriatic east coast, which could be differentiated from both the southern Aegean and further inland Balkan. We also reconstruct a regional kinship network of Kamenice extending more than 250 kilometers by identifying biological relatedness up to 10th degree. By comparing the genetic profile and kinship network we could learn more about the mobility and connectivity on both supra-regional and micro-regional scales.
Moreover, we found evidence for not only a patrilineal society, but also a local population bottleneck event around 750 BCE for the first time in this region, adding another layer regarding human mobility.