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Kinship practices in Early Iron Age southeast Europe: genetic and isotopic analysis of burials from the Dolge njive barrow cemetery, Dolenjska, Slovenia
Armit, I. Fischer, C-E. Koon, Hannah E.C. Nicholls, Rebecca A. Olalde, I. Rohland, N. Buckberry, Jo Montgomery, J. Mason, P. Cresnar, M.
Armit, I.
Fischer, C-E.
Koon, Hannah E.C.
Nicholls, Rebecca A.
Olalde, I.
Rohland, N.
Buckberry, Jo
Montgomery, J.
Mason, P.
Cresnar, M.
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2023-04
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© Antiquity Publications Ltd, 2022. This is an Open Access article distributed under the Creative Commons CC-BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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DNA analysis demonstrates that all seven individuals buried in an Early Iron Age barrow at Dolge njive, southeast Slovenia, are close biological relatives. Although group composition does not suggest strict adherence to a patrilineal or matrilineal kinship system, the funerary tradition appears highly gendered, with family links through both the male and female line being important in structuring communities. We explore the implications for our understandings of kinship and funerary practices in Early Iron Age southeast Europe.
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Armit I, Fischer C-E, Koon H.E.C et al (2023) Kinship practices in Early Iron Age southeast Europe: genetic and isotopic analysis of burials from the Dolge njive barrow cemetery, Dolenjska, Slovenia. Antiquity. 97(392): 403-418.
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