Bioarchaeological analyses reveal long-lasting continuity at the periphery of the Late Antique Roman Empire

Summary: The Basel-Waisenhaus burial community (Switzerland) has been traditionally interpreted as immigrated Alamans because of the location and dating of the burial ground – despite the typical late Roman funeral practices. To evaluate this hypothesis, multi-isotope and aDNA analyses were conducte...

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Main Authors: Margaux L.C. Depaermentier, Ben Krause-Kyora, Irka Hajdas, Michael Kempf, Thomas Kuhn, Norbert Spichtig, Peter-Andrew Schwarz, Claudia Gerling
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-07-01
Series:iScience
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004223011112