Swiss Bell Beaker population dynamics: eastern or southern influences?

Desideri, Jocelyne; Besse, Marie

doi:10.1007/s12520-010-0037-9

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“…The earliest Bell Beaker dates come from the Iberian Peninsula at ca. 2,800 BC and appear, somewhat patchily, throughout Europe (Rojo‐Guerra et al,2005; Desideri and Besse,2010). Firmly established in central Europe by at least 2,400 cal BC, the Bell Beaker cultural phenomenon did not wholly replace local cultural traditions, but can be considered an amalgamation of ritual practices, technological knowledge, and material culture that was taken up by local populations at varying scales (Nicolis,2001; Besse,2004; Heyd et al,2005; Piguet and Besse,2009).…”

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“…There remains, however, an element of homogeneity in the Bell Beaker material culture of western and central Europe, which was likely fostered by the participation of Bell Beaker communities in long‐distance trade and political networks (Whittle,1996; Turek and Peška,2001; Heyd,2007; Dörfler and Müller,2008). In addition, the movement of individuals or small groups between Bell Beaker communities was a relatively common practice (Grupe et al,1997; Price et al,1998,2004; Budd et al,2004; Vander Linden,2007; Desideri and Besse,2010), and suggests that mobility between community groups was an important feature of Bell Beaker social organization (Starling,1985; Sherratt,2004; Vander Linden,2007).…”

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Emerging genetic patterns of the european neolithic: Perspectives from a late neolithic bell beaker burial site in Germany

Lee

Makarewicz

Renneberg

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American J Phys Anthropol

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The transition from hunting and gathering to agriculture in Europe is associated with demographic changes that may have shifted the human gene pool of the region as a result of an influx of Neolithic farmers from the Near East. However, the genetic composition of populations after the earliest Neolithic, when a diverse mosaic of societies that had been fully engaged in agriculture for some time appeared in central Europe, is poorly known. At this period during the Late Neolithic (ca. 2,800-2,000 BC), regionally distinctive burial patterns associated with two different cultural groups emerge, Bell Beaker and Corded Ware, and may reflect differences in how these societies were organized. Ancient DNA analyses of human remains from the Late Neolithic Bell Beaker site of Kromsdorf, Germany showed distinct mitochondrial haplotypes for six individuals, which were classified under the haplogroups I1, K1, T1, U2, U5, and W5, and two males were identified as belonging to the Y haplogroup R1b. In contrast to other Late Neolithic societies in Europe emphasizing maintenance of biological relatedness in mortuary contexts, the diversity of maternal haplotypes evident at Kromsdorf suggests that burial practices of Bell Beaker communities operated outside of social norms based on shared maternal lineages. Furthermore, our data, along with those from previous studies, indicate that modern U5-lineages may have received little, if any, contribution from the Mesolithic or Neolithic mitochondrial gene pool.

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Emerging genetic patterns of the european neolithic: Perspectives from a late neolithic bell beaker burial site in Germany

Lee

Makarewicz

Renneberg

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American J Phys Anthropol

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“…drew on multiple and geographically diverse antecedents (Vander Linden 2007;Turek 2015). There is also direct evidence for Beaker mobility in several areas of Europe as a result of analyses of stable isotopes, aDNA and dental traits (Price et al 2004;Desideri and Besse 2010;Chenery and Evans 2011;Parker Pearson et al 2016). The expansion of haplogroup H into central Europe might indeed represent the spread of Beaker-associated populations from Iberia (Brandt et al 2013).…”

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“…There is also direct evidence for Beaker mobility in several areas of Europe as a result of analyses of stable isotopes, aDNA and dental traits (Price et al . ; Desideri and Besse ; Chenery and Evans ; Parker Pearson et al . ).…”

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Biscay and Beyond? Prehistoric Voyaging between Two Finisterres

Callaghan

Scarre

2017

Oxford J Archaeology

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Summary The Atlantic peninsulas of western Europe present intriguing cultural parallels that reach back into later prehistory. Furthermore, direct evidence of interconnections from the fifth millennium BC is revealed by the movement of specific materials such as Iberian variscite. Brittany and Galicia were key nodes within this potential network of maritime interaction, but debate continues as to the routes that were chosen and the navigational abilities involved. Did early seafarers keep close to the coast and did long journeys involve many intermediate landfalls? Or did crews venture direct crossings of the Bay of Biscay? In the absence of surviving evidence for the kinds of vessel likely to have been used by Neolithic seaborne navigators, modern wind and current data are here used to generate models indicating journey times for small sea‐going craft powered only by oars, following the coastal or the direct route. The results are discussed within the context of selected material flows (jadeitite, variscite, copper, Beakers) and against a background of potentially changing maritime technology.

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“…Los enfoques abarcan campos más específicos y cuestiones menos conflictivas que la búsqueda de "pueblos o razas braquicéfalas campaniformes". Sin embargo, las nuevas líneas de investigación -paleogenética, morfologías dentarias, paleodietas, marcadores de estrés ocupacional, etc.-ofrecen ya datos puntuales, además de alguna que otra discusión, en relación con los diferentes aportes arqueométricos, bioantropológicos o paleopatológicos que permitan definir mejor las características entre las poblaciones de finales del Neolítico y/o Calcolítico y las posibles diferencias que presentan aquellos individuos que adoptan el ritual campaniforme (Grupe et al 1999;Price et al 2004;Desideri y Besse 2010Lee et al 2012).…”

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