Aerial view of the excavated area in the early medieval settlement of Las Gobas (Condado de Treviño, Spain).Credit: GPAC
Posted on 09/05/2024 8:26:46 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
A team of researchers from Sweden and Spain have conducted a comprehensive archaeogenetic study on a community that lived on the border between the northern Christian kingdoms and Al-Andalus during the early Medieval period. This dynamic era, especially in the Iberian Peninsula, was marked by religious competition, power struggles, and significant human mobility—factors that shaped the foundation of modern Europe.
In the study, published in the journal Science Advances, the researchers focused on Las Gobas, a rural site in northern Spain's Burgos province, near the village of Laño. The community existed from the mid-6th to the 11th century and is notable for its church and living areas carved into caves. The site also provides evidence of violence, likely from sword blows, found on some of the buried individuals. Forty-one burials were excavated, and 39 of them were subjected to archaeogenetic analysis.
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Aerial view of the excavated area in the early medieval settlement of Las Gobas (Condado de Treviño, Spain).Credit: GPAC
Thanks both of you for the links, I thought I'd posted this, but anyway, thanks for your patience as well.
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Any indication that this population remained Arian after most in this area seem to have adopted Roman Christianity?
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