古DNA揭示潘诺尼亚后罗马时期政体形成的复杂性

Full article and list of author affiliations: https://doi.org/10.1126/ science.aec2634 Yijie Tian† and István Koncz† et al. INTRODUCTION: With the decline of the Western Roman Empire, the fourth to sixth centuries common era (CE) were a period of profound demographic, cultural, and political change on the European continent. Although these changes have traditionally been attributed to the migration of “barbarians,” modern scholars have tended to emphasize the role of internal social dynamics. However, the lack of contemporaneous written records has limited what we can say about post-Roman communities. The combined analysis of ancient DNA, isotopes, and the archaeological record from these ancient communities provides another dimension to help us understand the period. …