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ArticleScience advances2024

Five centuries of consanguinity, isolation, health, and conflict in Las Gobas: A Northern Medieval Iberian necropolis.

Ricardo Rodríguez-Varela, Reyhan Yaka, Zoé Pochon, Iban Sanchez-Pinto, José Luis Solaun, Thijessen Naidoo, Benjamin Guinet, Patxi Pérez-Ramallo, Vendela Kempe Lagerholm, Violeta de Anca Prado and 5 more

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15 authors.

Ricardo Rodríguez-VarelaCentre for Palaeogenetics, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-4173-8648
Reyhan YakaCentre for Palaeogenetics, Stockholm, Sweden.
Zoé PochonCentre for Palaeogenetics, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0001-7981-5795
Iban Sanchez-PintoDepartamento de Geografía, Prehistoria y Arqueología, University of the Basque Country, UPV/EHU, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-6805-5567
José Luis SolaunDepartamento de Geografía, Prehistoria y Arqueología, University of the Basque Country, UPV/EHU, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain.
Thijessen NaidooCentre for Palaeogenetics, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0009-0009-3553-0718
Benjamin GuinetCentre for Palaeogenetics, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-9922-2118
Patxi Pérez-RamalloDepartment of Archaeology and Cultural History, NTNU University Museum, Trondheim, Norway.ORCID 0000-0002-1142-4912
Vendela Kempe LagerholmCentre for Palaeogenetics, Stockholm, Sweden.
Violeta de Anca PradoCentre for Palaeogenetics, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0003-1845-509X
Cristina ValdioseraUniversidad de Burgos, Departamento de Historia, Geografía y Comunicaciones, Burgos, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-4948-2226
Maja KrzewińskaCentre for Palaeogenetics, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-6702-8724
Lourdes HerrastiDepartamento de Antropología, Sociedad de Ciencias Aranzadi, Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-4021-9731
Agustín AzkarateDepartamento de Geografía, Prehistoria y Arqueología, University of the Basque Country, UPV/EHU, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain.
Anders GötherströmCentre for Palaeogenetics, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0001-8579-1304

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Between the 8th and 11th centuries CE, the Iberian Peninsula underwent profound upheaval due to the Umayyad invasion against the Visigoths, resulting in population shifts and lasting demographic impacts. Our understanding of this period is hindered by limited written sources and few archaeogenetic studies. We analyzed 33 individuals from Las Gobas, a necropolis in northern Spain, spanning the 7th to 11th centuries. By combining archaeological and osteological data with kinship, metagenomics, and ancestry analyses, we investigate conflicts, health, and demography of these individuals. We reveal intricate family relationships and genetic continuity within a consanguineous population while also identifying several zoonoses indicative of close interactions with animals. Notably, one individual was infected with a variola virus phylogenetically clustering with the northern European variola complex between ~885 and 1000 CE. Last, we did not detect a significant increase of North African or Middle East ancestries over time since the Islamic conquest of Iberia, possibly because this community remained relatively isolated.

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ConsanguinityAnimalsArchaeologyFemaleHistory, MedievalHumansMalePhylogenySpain

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