Cosmopolitanism in the depths of Barbaricum evidenced by archaeogenomic data from the Late Iron Age Goth community of the Maslomecz group.

ABSTRACT:

Background

High mobility and extensive trade and military interactions are well recognized throughout the Late Iron Age Europe. The extremely rich archaeological record for the Masłomęcz group - a Goth-associated assemblage flourishing between 2^nd and 4^th century CE in what is now eastern Poland - has long been providing evidence for their wide cross-cultural contacts. However, the extent to which these were ephemeral or involved long-term immigration and interbreeding, remained unresolved.

Results

Here, by obtaining archaeogenomic data from 37 burials and reanalysing published data, we provide evidence that, while the Masłomęcz group was built mostly on Scandinavian-derived ancestry it extensively assimilated individuals from diverse directions and dis

SUBMITTER: Golubinski M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12924530 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature