The demographic history of East-Central Europe after the Neolithic period remains poorly explored... more The demographic history of East-Central Europe after the Neolithic period remains poorly explored, despite this region being on the confluence of various ecological zones and cultural entities. Here, the descendants of societies associated with steppe pastoralists form Early Bronze Age were followed by Middle Bronze Age populations displaying unique characteristics. Particularly, the predominance of collective burials, the scale of which, was previously seen only in the Neolithic. The extent to which this re-emergence of older traditions is a result of genetic shift or social changes in the MBA is a subject of debate. Here by analysing 91 newly generated genomes from Bronze Age individuals from present Poland and Ukraine, we discovered that Middle Bronze Age populations were formed by an additional admixture event involving a population with relatively high proportions of genetic component associated with European hunter-gatherers and that their social structure was based on, primar...
Studies on anthropogenical transformation of soil within the grave-mound in Kolonia Krylow (Hrubi... more Studies on anthropogenical transformation of soil within the grave-mound in Kolonia Krylow (Hrubieszowska Basin) were carried out using pedological and archaeological methods. The soil on the top of grave-mound was classified as anthropogenic soil with initial features of lessivage processes. It is morphologically and chemically different from typical lessive soils (Haplic Luvisols) which occur in the immediate vicinity of grave-mound. In the anthropogenic soil, formed probably since Roman period, considerably changed some soil properties, such as humus content, reaction, enrichment in phosphorus. However, the lessive process is hardly advanced, probably because of, among others, relatively poor washing.
"An iron battle-axe was accidentally discovered in an unknown locality in the south-eastern part ... more "An iron battle-axe was accidentally discovered in an unknown locality in the south-eastern part of the Lublin Region. Morphologically, it refers to Scythian weapons of this kind dated to the Early Iron Age. The specimen is similar to items of group II, type 2, variant 1 in A.I. Meljukova’s classification, dated to the 6th century B.C. It has analogies dated to the 2nd half of the 7th century – the 6th century B.C. in materials related to the Scythian culture from the Caucasus, in a forest-steppe group on the Sula river in the middle Dnieper basin, in the Transylvanian group and among materials connected with the Scythian expansion in the territory of western groups of the Lusatian culture. However, it has no typological analogue in the weaponry of the Vekerzug culture in the Great Hungarian Plain, despite the abundance of battle-axes in this area. The described artefact is the third battle-axe from south-eastern Poland that may be linked with Scythian influences from the Carpathian Basin and Western Ukrainian forest-steppe zone which reached the area of the eastern groups of the Lusatian culture in the Early Iron Age."
The demographic history of East-Central Europe after the Neolithic period remains poorly explored... more The demographic history of East-Central Europe after the Neolithic period remains poorly explored, despite this region being on the confluence of various ecological zones and cultural entities. Here, the descendants of societies associated with steppe pastoralists form Early Bronze Age were followed by Middle Bronze Age populations displaying unique characteristics. Particularly, the predominance of collective burials, the scale of which, was previously seen only in the Neolithic. The extent to which this re-emergence of older traditions is a result of genetic shift or social changes in the MBA is a subject of debate. Here by analysing 91 newly generated genomes from Bronze Age individuals from present Poland and Ukraine, we discovered that Middle Bronze Age populations were formed by an additional admixture event involving a population with relatively high proportions of genetic component associated with European hunter-gatherers and that their social structure was based on, primar...
Studies on anthropogenical transformation of soil within the grave-mound in Kolonia Krylow (Hrubi... more Studies on anthropogenical transformation of soil within the grave-mound in Kolonia Krylow (Hrubieszowska Basin) were carried out using pedological and archaeological methods. The soil on the top of grave-mound was classified as anthropogenic soil with initial features of lessivage processes. It is morphologically and chemically different from typical lessive soils (Haplic Luvisols) which occur in the immediate vicinity of grave-mound. In the anthropogenic soil, formed probably since Roman period, considerably changed some soil properties, such as humus content, reaction, enrichment in phosphorus. However, the lessive process is hardly advanced, probably because of, among others, relatively poor washing.
"An iron battle-axe was accidentally discovered in an unknown locality in the south-eastern part ... more "An iron battle-axe was accidentally discovered in an unknown locality in the south-eastern part of the Lublin Region. Morphologically, it refers to Scythian weapons of this kind dated to the Early Iron Age. The specimen is similar to items of group II, type 2, variant 1 in A.I. Meljukova’s classification, dated to the 6th century B.C. It has analogies dated to the 2nd half of the 7th century – the 6th century B.C. in materials related to the Scythian culture from the Caucasus, in a forest-steppe group on the Sula river in the middle Dnieper basin, in the Transylvanian group and among materials connected with the Scythian expansion in the territory of western groups of the Lusatian culture. However, it has no typological analogue in the weaponry of the Vekerzug culture in the Great Hungarian Plain, despite the abundance of battle-axes in this area. The described artefact is the third battle-axe from south-eastern Poland that may be linked with Scythian influences from the Carpathian Basin and Western Ukrainian forest-steppe zone which reached the area of the eastern groups of the Lusatian culture in the Early Iron Age."
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