コーデッド・ウェアとベル・ビーカー葬儀の空間時間的な再構築は,草原の祖先と異なる複雑なダイナミクスを明らかにします
Quentin P J Bourgeois1, Florian Helmecke1, Louise Olerud1
1Faculty of Archaeology, Leiden University, Einsteinweg 2, 2333CC Leiden, Netherlands.
Science advances
|August 20, 2025
まとめ
古代ヨーロッパにおけるコードウェア (CW) とベルビーカー (BB) の埋葬の伝統の広がりは,草原の祖先の移住と一致しなかった. これらの文化的な儀式は,大陸全体の統合の前に,迅速かつ独立に広がりました.
科学分野:
- 考古学
- 人口遺伝学
- 史前ヨーロッパ
背景:
- 文化革新の拡散と 遺伝子の拡散の関係は 史前考古学の重要な課題です
- 紀元前3千年には,コードウェア (CW) とベルビーカー (BB) の伝統を含むヨーロッパで重要な文化的変化がありました.
研究 の 目的:
- コーデッド・ウェア (CW) とベル・ビーカー (BB) の埋葬伝統の空間時間的動態を調査する.
- これらの埋葬の伝統の拡散と 草原の祖先の流入の関係を調べる
主な方法:
- 埋葬の967件の放射性炭素年代を 集めた
- 空間時間的なパターンを分析するために,カーネルの密度推定と最適な線形推定を適用した.
主要な成果:
- CWとBBの葬儀儀式の採用は 草原の祖先の拡散と並行していません
- 証拠によると これらの葬儀の伝統は 散らばったコミュニティの中で 急速に多焦点的に広がりました
- CWは紀元前2600年,BBは紀元前2400年頃に大陸全体で統合された.
結論:
- 文化と遺伝子の分散パターンは非同期的かもしれない.
- CWとBBの伝統の急速な多焦点的拡散は,文字が読めないヨーロッパ社会における広範で同時的な社会的変化を示唆しています.
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