A woman buried in Switzerland in the Early Bronze Age era

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A woman buried in Switzerland in the Early Bronze Age era

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SwitzerlandSwitzerland EBA 2

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Record

Sample details

Recorded details and available lineage markers.

Individual

EBA-2 individual, Switzerland

Sample ID: TU905(SX18)

Date Range

172 BCE - 12 CE

Cultural Period

Switzerland EBA 2

Biological Sex

Female

mtDNA Haplogroup

B4c1b2c2

Y-DNA Haplogroup

Not available

Social Role

Pastoralist (AI estimate, era-typical)

Geography

Location

Where this individual was discovered

Country Switzerland
Locality Wartau
Coordinates 47.4500, 9.2920
Chronology

Date range

When this individual lived in the broader context of human history

EBA-2 individual, Switzerland 172 BCE - 12 CE
Context

Historical context

Background information associated with the reference record.

Region & Environment

Switzerland’s Early Bronze Age communities lived amid the Alps and their foothills, taking advantage of arable valleys, passes, and lake margins. Seasonal movement and local adaptation would have mattered in a landscape where farming, herding, and travel corridors were closely connected.

Historical Context

Between roughly 2000 and 1500 BCE, much of Europe was experiencing increased use of copper, bronze, and other imported or traded materials. In the Swiss context this period is often discussed as part of an expanding Bronze Age network in which communities maintained local identities while participating in wider technological and exchange systems.

Populations & Lifeways

The people of this era were agricultural and pastoral, likely combining crop cultivation with herding. Settlement patterns would have emphasized farmsteads and small communities near productive land and travel routes. Household production and specialized craft activity would have been important, especially where raw materials and metalworking inputs were available through exchange.

Archaeology & Material Culture

Archaeologically, EBA Swiss assemblages are commonly characterized by bronze artifacts and other metalwork reflecting broader Bronze Age technological choices. Pottery traditions, metal forms, and burial practices provide the main lines of evidence for regional affiliation and changing tastes. Artifacts and manufacturing traces suggest both local production and participation in exchange networks for materials and finished goods.

Culture & Society

Society in this period likely involved households with varying access to resources and prestige items, including metal objects. Patterns in burial and artifact distribution can be read as evidence for social differentiation, while shared technological practices indicate communication across regions. The Alpine setting may have encouraged the importance of controlling routes and maintaining relationships with neighboring groups.

Legacy & Transition

As the Early Bronze Age continued and later Bronze Age phases followed, Swiss communities maintained regional traditions while adopting new forms and practices visible in changes to metalwork, pottery, and burial customs. The transition reflects both continuity in settlement and subsistence strategies and ongoing integration into wider European Bronze Age developments.

Analysis

Genetic comparisons

These comparisons show genetic similarity, not identity or origin. The populations listed are those whose genomes show statistical alignment to this ancient individual.

Similarity reflects shared history, not shared identity. These are analytical comparisons, not claims about who this person was.

Modern Genetic Admixture

This analysis compares the DNA profile with present-day reference populations, showing statistical similarity to modern reference populations from different regions. The excavation site records where this individual was found, not a fixed modern genetic identity.

Europe 99.9%
Southern European 72.5%
Iberian 32.6%
Italian 27.0%
Sardinian 10.7%
Balkan 2.3%
Northwestern European 23.0%
English 12.5%
Northwestern European 8.9%
Scandinavian 1.6%
Eastern European 4.5%
Eastern European 4.5%

Closest Modern Populations

These are the modern populations showing the closest statistical alignment to A woman buried in Switzerland in the Early Bronze Age era, ranked by genetic distance. Lower distance values indicate closer statistical similarity. Cross-region similarity can reflect shared ancestry, population movement, continuity, or later admixture.

1
Spanish Cantabria
1.5314
2
Spanish Valencia
1.5745
3
Spanish Pirineu
1.5940
4
Spanish Castello
1.6650
5
Spanish Cataluna
1.7352
6
Spanish La Rioja
1.8071
7
Spanish Catalunya Central
1.8169
8
Spanish Barcelones
1.8311
9
Spanish Camp De Tarragona
1.8318
10
Spanish Peri Barcelona
1.8497
Context

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G25 Coordinates

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