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100 ancient genomes show repeated population turnovers in Neolithic Denmark

Major migration events in Holocene Eurasia have been characterized genetically at broad regional scales1–4. However, insights into the population dynamics in the contact zones are hampered by a lack of ancient genomic data sampled at high spatiotemporal resolution5–7. Here, to address this, we analysed shotgun-sequenced genomes from 100 skeletons spanning 7,300 years of the Mesolithic period, Neolithic period and Early Bronze Age in Denmark and integrated these with proxies for diet (13C and 15N content), mobility (87Sr/86Sr ratio) and vegetation cover (pollen). We observe that Danish Mesolithic individuals of the Maglemose, Kongemose and Ertebølle cultures form a distinct genetic cluster related to other Western European hunter-gatherers. Despite shifts in material culture they displayed genetic homogeneity from around 10,500 to 5,900 calibrated years before present, when Neolithic farmers with Anatolian-derived ancestry arrived. Although the Neolithic transitio

Amber Beads From Iraq's Ziggurat of Assur Identified - Archaeology Magazine

Ancient amber beads found in Iraq suggest Bronze Age trade between Europe and Middle East

LONDON: Archaeologists studying ancient amber beads discovered more than 100 years ago have said they indicate the possibility of Bronze Age trade between northern Europe and the Middle East. Excavations carried out in 1914 by Germany’s Royal Museum in Berlin and the Oriental Society dug out the beads from under the ruins of the “Great Ziggurat of Assur,” a temple tower in

Bronze Age long-distance connections: Baltic amber in Aššur