Bronze Age Migration in Greece Largely Involved Young Adults, Skeletal Samples Suggest
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Bronze Age migration in Greece largely involved young adults, skeletal samples suggest
Young adults, not families, drove migration in Bronze Age communities. Using skeletal samples from archaeological sites in Greece, researchers mapped mobility during the region's Middle and Late Bronze Age. The study suggests that young people sought out new communities.
A recent study analyzed the mobility of individuals during the Bronze Age in Greece, revealing that men and women migrated in similar proportions. The research, published in PLOS One magazine, was conducted...
Between 5% and 10% of the people buried in each of the Greek communities of the Bronze Age that have been analyzed had not been raised in the place where he died. It is one of the results of a work published in the magazine PLOS One by a team of which archaeologists are part S
Who moved from place to place in Bronze Age Greece? Strontium isotope values from 199 skeletons show that only about five to ten percent of the people studied did not grow up at the later burial place. Especially often this concerned young adults, while among the children studied nobody was classified as non-local, which was more likely for individual migrations than for resettlement [...] The post In Bronze Age Greece, especially young adults w…
Exploring mobility in Bronze Age Greece: A Sr isotope perspective
The Mediterranean region saw significant socio-economic and cultural transformations during the Bronze Age, varying across regions and through time. Expanding exchange networks played an important role in these developments by connecting distant communities. To what extent these exchanges were accompanied by the migration and settlement of foreign individuals within local communities is still poorly understood. Here we present Sr isotope data fr…
Strontium Isotopes Reveal Who Moved Through Bronze Age Greece
Strontium isotope analysis of 199 Bronze Age skeletons from central and southern Greece shows that five to ten percent of each community was foreign-born, with men and women moving in equal numbers and young adults most likely to have migrated.
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