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Five centuries of consanguinity, isolation, health, and conflict in Las Gobas: A Northern Medieval Iberian necropolis
Stockholm University, Faculty of Humanities, Department of Archaeology and Classical Studies, Archaeological Research Laboratory. Centre for Palaeogenetics, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-4173-8648
Stockholm University, Faculty of Humanities, Department of Archaeology and Classical Studies. Centre for Palaeogenetics, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-9359-4391
Stockholm University, Faculty of Humanities, Department of Archaeology and Classical Studies. Centre for Palaeogenetics, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-7981-5795
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Number of Authors: 152024 (English)In: Science Advances, E-ISSN 2375-2548, Vol. 10, no 35, article id eadp8625Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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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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2024. Vol. 10, no 35, article id eadp8625
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URN: urn:nbn:se:su:diva-237984DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adp8625ISI: 001300523200025PubMedID: 39196943Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85202792023OAI: oai:DiVA.org:su-237984DiVA, id: diva2:1928626
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