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https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.09.23.614606v1.full
Migration Period and Germanic Influence in Iberia
Overall, during the Great Migration period in Iberia, we detect three individuals who yield 100% CNE-like ancestry: I28358, I23283, and I23772, dated to the 4th-6th, 5th-6th, and 5th-6th centuries CE respectively, and a further 11 individuals with >80% Germanic-like ancestry (Table S5). We also detect a further 52 admixed individuals who gather varying amounts of CNE-like ancestry, along with individuals without any CNE-like ancestry co-inhabiting in the same settlements. The persistence of Hispano-Roman individuals alongside Germanic-like ancestry points to a scenario of coexistence and gradual admixture rather than whole population replacement. Indeed, 27 individuals harbor both CNE-like and Iberian Iron Age-like ancestry. This indicates some level of intermarriage between the Germanic migrants and the local Hispano-Roman population.
We find two siblings excavated approximately 700 kilometers apart, which represents by far the largest geographical separation between first-degree relatives in the entire archaeogenetic record (the next being two Copper Age individuals from southern England separated by 5 kilometers) (Table S3, S4). The brother was buried at the Los Blanes necropolis at Emerita Augusta and dated to 364-535 cal CE. His sister died 257-409 cal CE and was buried next the Roman Via Augusta road at Vilanova d’Alcolea (present-day Castelló, Northeast Spain) in a high-status burial with rich grave goods such as a crystal glass and two gold needles of Danubian-Pontic tradition (García-Borja et al., 2021; Kazanski, 1989), very similar to those found at Los Blanes (Figure 3A). Both siblings exhibited 92-95% CNE-related ancestry, and the brother belonged to the typically Germanic I1 Y-chromosome lineage. This finding highlights the high mobility of Germanic groups during