Avars of the Carpathian Basin
Steppe riders and local roots in early medieval Hungary
Ancient and historical cultures
DNA Spotlights
Explore the places, time periods, and published research behind ancient DNA samples and the cultures associated with them.
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Carolingian Catalonia: Threads of DNA
Small-sample ancient DNA from 785–810 CE Barcelona region hints at continuity and mobility
Marmara Ottoman Burials
Three Early Modern Anatolian genomes from Zeytinliada and Yenişehirkapı
Byzantine Anatolia: Stratonikeia & Iznik
Archaeology and ancient DNA illuminate lives in Byzantine-era western Turkey.
West Byzantine Anatolia (400–800 CE)
Communities of Iznik and Bursa seen through archaeology and maternal DNA
Southeast Byzantine Anatolia
Frontier lives in southeastern Anatolia (600–1300 CE) seen through burials and ancient DNA
Roman Spain: Granada to Empúries
Archaeology and DNA tracing lives across Hispania from 44 BCE to 676 CE
France Gravettian: Shadowed Hunters
Upper Paleolithic lives in southwestern France revealed by sites and ancient DNA
Czech Corded Ware Echoes
Late Neolithic–Early Bronze Age communities in Bohemia, sketched from graves and genomes
Varna Chalcolithic: Gold on the Black Sea
A coastal crucible of early wealth, craft, and complex ancestry (4750–4347 BCE)
Hallstatt Iron Age — Württemberg Hillforts
Hillforts, princely mounds, and a shifting genetic landscape in Iron Age Germany
La Tène Hungary: Voices of the Iron Age
Celtic-era communities in Hungary (500–1 BCE) where archaeology meets ancient DNA