EAA2022: Abstract
Abstract is part of session #371:
Title & Content
Title:
How archaeology and anthropology can build on aDNA analyses of entire cemeteries
Content:
Within the ERC-funded HistoGenes project, we assess several hundred inhumations from Austrian cemeteries dated between the 4th and the 9th century A.D. The interdisciplinary analysis encompasses archaeological, anthropological as well as molecular methods, including aDNA and isotope analyses. Ancient DNA data creates new possibilities to reevaluate and interpret funerary customs and chronological sequences by tracking generations and families in the population. Based on preliminary data from the cemetery of Leobersdorf (7th to 8th c. A.D.), located at the periphery of the Avar empire, we will demonstrate new possible investigations on demography and disease burden.
This interdisciplinary perspective will show the impact of the integrated analyses on the anthropological, archaeological, and ultimately the overall cultural-historical interpretation. Joint interpretations shed new light on aspects of chronology, age at death,biological sex estimations gender, pedigrees, and maternity. Our data on these aspects will open up new perspectives on social life which previously could not have been recognised or verified.
This project has received funding the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement n° 856453 ERC-2019-SyG).
This interdisciplinary perspective will show the impact of the integrated analyses on the anthropological, archaeological, and ultimately the overall cultural-historical interpretation. Joint interpretations shed new light on aspects of chronology, age at death,biological sex estimations gender, pedigrees, and maternity. Our data on these aspects will open up new perspectives on social life which previously could not have been recognised or verified.
This project has received funding the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement n° 856453 ERC-2019-SyG).
Keywords:
aDNA, Leobersdorf, population history, Early Medieval Period, Avar empire
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authors
Main authors:
Bendeguz Tobias1
Co-author:
Margit Berner2
Doris Pany-Kucera2
Sabine Eggers2
Paul Klostermann2
Robin Koger2
Zuzana Hofmanova3
Ke Wang3
Falko Daim4
Walter Pohl1
Doris Pany-Kucera2
Sabine Eggers2
Paul Klostermann2
Robin Koger2
Zuzana Hofmanova3
Ke Wang3
Falko Daim4
Walter Pohl1
Affiliations:
1 Institute of Medieval Research, Austrian Academy of Sciences
2 Department of Anthropology, Natural History Museum Vienna
3 Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology Leipzig
4 Institute for Prehistory and Historic Archaeology - University of Vienna
2 Department of Anthropology, Natural History Museum Vienna
3 Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology Leipzig
4 Institute for Prehistory and Historic Archaeology - University of Vienna