Archeogenetic study of a necropolis of Late Antiquity - High Middle Age in Angers, France

[Vitruvius]

On some PCA-s, modern N-Italians are in contact with some Iberians.

Including the one pictured. I agree it is certainly possible this individual could be either Spanish or Italian.

 

[MOESAN]

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The locals look a bit southern drifted compared to moderns if I'm not mistaken, though not by much. It's possible any changes were simply internal migrations from within France, itself. It doesn't look like the non locals had much permanence.

It's interesting that the Germanic associated burials plotted similar to modern north east Balkans.

The "Others" samples look mostly northern Italian or Illyrian. Based off the dating I would guess probably the former. These are the same type of sample outliers we see in late antiquity rome.

I 'd be very happy if I could know the occupations and social level of some of the locals who are, as you say, shifted southwards...

 

[Vitruvius]

I 'd be very happy if I could know the occupations and social level of some of the locals who are, as you say, shifted southwards...

I would guess a pretty wide variety of social standings for any truly local population - Do you think otherwise?

To me the context of how Northern Italian like individuals and Chernyakhov "Germanics" who plot similar to Bulgarians arrived is a much more interesting question. The difference in grave goods implies they did not arrive together as a single cultural entity. There seems to be a significant quantity of both, but this couldn't have been a widespread phenomenon.

 

[MOESAN]

I would guess a pretty wide variety of social standings for any truly local population - Do you think otherwise?

To me the context of how Northern Italian like individuals and Chernyakhov "Germanics" who plot similar to Bulgarians arrived is a much more interesting question. The difference in grave goods implies they did not arrive together as a single cultural entity. There seems to be a significant quantity of both, but this couldn't have been a widespread phenomenon.

If datations are good, they were living before the Franks invasion of Roman Gaul. Surely Angers was of some administrative importance then so Italian Romans were living there, as well administrative agents as small owners and traders, but also "Roman" militaries (S-E Germanics mercenaries)?... I think the immediate local periphery population was a bit more homogenous. The importance of ANgers then could explain the relative heterogeneity among "locals" of the survey.