The origin and genetic history of the Avars

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Výsledek na webu

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

The origin and genetic history of the Avars

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Archaeological finds and limited historical evidence suggest that multiple ethnic groups inhabited the central European Carpathian Basin during late Antiquity and the early medie- val period. The origins and impact on later populations of many of these groups remain largely unknown. Some of them are thought to have had central- or east-Asian origins and to have migrated to Europe from the Eurasian steppe, among them the Huns and the Avars. The latter occupied the region for over 200 years, establishing the Avar Khaganate (king- dom) around 568. Some historical sources connect the Avars with the east-Asian Rouran Khaganate, which dominated the eastern Mongolian steppe from the 4th–6th centuries. Others, however, suggest that the Avars were merely a loose federa- tion of individuals of eastern European and central Asian descent. In this study we present genome-wide data obtained from the remains of 66 individuals from the Carpathian Basin during this period, including the occupants of some of the richest burials in the khaganate and other elite Avar graves from its core region. We found that the genetic material from the majority of elite individuals differentiated them from the 5th and 6th century local population that preceded the Avars. Almost all the elite individuals carried a high proportion of east-Asian ancestry, for which the best matches are found in the limited available genomic data from Rouran Culture and related individuals previously published. Some individuals carried a small amount of more recent central-Asian and eastern-European ancestry. The majority of the elite individu- als, however, lacked local genetic ancestry, suggesting limited genetic admixture with the local population. Overall, the results indicated that the early medieval Avars were of recent east-Asian origin that dates to the mid-1st milenium and had migrated rapidly across Eurasia within a few generations.

Název v anglickém jazyce

The origin and genetic history of the Avars

Popis výsledku anglicky

Archaeological finds and limited historical evidence suggest that multiple ethnic groups inhabited the central European Carpathian Basin during late Antiquity and the early medie- val period. The origins and impact on later populations of many of these groups remain largely unknown. Some of them are thought to have had central- or east-Asian origins and to have migrated to Europe from the Eurasian steppe, among them the Huns and the Avars. The latter occupied the region for over 200 years, establishing the Avar Khaganate (king- dom) around 568. Some historical sources connect the Avars with the east-Asian Rouran Khaganate, which dominated the eastern Mongolian steppe from the 4th–6th centuries. Others, however, suggest that the Avars were merely a loose federa- tion of individuals of eastern European and central Asian descent. In this study we present genome-wide data obtained from the remains of 66 individuals from the Carpathian Basin during this period, including the occupants of some of the richest burials in the khaganate and other elite Avar graves from its core region. We found that the genetic material from the majority of elite individuals differentiated them from the 5th and 6th century local population that preceded the Avars. Almost all the elite individuals carried a high proportion of east-Asian ancestry, for which the best matches are found in the limited available genomic data from Rouran Culture and related individuals previously published. Some individuals carried a small amount of more recent central-Asian and eastern-European ancestry. The majority of the elite individu- als, however, lacked local genetic ancestry, suggesting limited genetic admixture with the local population. Overall, the results indicated that the early medieval Avars were of recent east-Asian origin that dates to the mid-1st milenium and had migrated rapidly across Eurasia within a few generations.

Druh

C - Kapitola v odborné knize

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

60102 - Archaeology

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/GX21-17092X" target="_blank" >GX21-17092X: Vznik multietnické komplexní společnosti na raně středověké Moravě. Teorie kolektivního jednání a interdisciplinární přístup</a><br>

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2022

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název knihy nebo sborníku

Grenzüberschreitungen – Reiternomaden in Mitteleuropa, ihre östlichen Wurzeln und Verbindungen = Crossing boundaries – Mounted nomads in Central Europe, their eastern roots and connections

ISBN

9783948618445

Počet stran výsledku

13

Strana od-do

120-132

Počet stran knihy

424

Název nakladatele

Landesamt für Denkmalpflege und Archäologie Sachsen-Anhalt, Landesmuseum für Vorgeschichte.

Místo vydání

Halle (Saale)

Kód UT WoS kapitoly

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