Largest-Ever Medieval DNA Study Reveals Genetic History of Belgian City - Archaeology Magazine

Largest-Ever Medieval DNA Study Reveals Genetic History of Belgian City - Archaeology Magazine

SINT-TRUIDEN, BELGIUM—A statement released by KU Leuven revealed that Belgian geneticists and their international colleagues conducted the largest-ever DNA study of remains from a medieval cemetery. In 2019, excavations beneath the main square in Sint-Truiden uncovered 3,000 skeletons buried in a former parish graveyard between the eighth and the eighteenth century. The researchers analyzed the remains of 400 of those individuals, which has prov…

1,000 years of genetic history in the Low Countries

KU Leuven geneticists and international colleagues have conducted the largest DNA study on human remains from a single medieval burial site. The post 1,000 years of genetic history in the Low Countries appeared first on Archaeology Wiki.