A man buried in Spain in the era

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A man buried in Spain in the era

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SpainLate Bronze Age Menorca

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Record

Sample details

Recorded details and available lineage markers.

Individual

Menorca Lba individual, Spain

Sample ID: I3315

Date Range

904 BCE - 814 BCE

Cultural Period

Late Bronze Age Menorca

Biological Sex

Male

mtDNA Haplogroup

U5b1c

Y-DNA Haplogroup

R-DF27

Social Role

Farmer (AI estimate, era-typical)

Geography

Location

Where this individual was discovered

Country Spain
Locality Balearic Islands. Menorca. Naveta des Tudons

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Chronology

Date range

When this individual lived in the broader context of human history

Menorca Lba individual, Spain 904 BCE - 814 BCE
Context

Historical context

Background information associated with the reference record.

Region & Environment

Menorca lies in the western Mediterranean and offers a landscape of limestone geology, relatively open fields in some areas, and access to coastal resources. The availability of cultivable land and seasonal water would have shaped settlement placement, with communities balancing inland production and maritime opportunities.

Historical Context

The Late Bronze Age on Menorca is part of a broader sequence in which Bronze Age technologies and stylistic traditions continued to spread across the western Mediterranean. For the island, archaeological patterns indicate local continuity alongside influences that likely traveled through exchange, shared cultural preferences, and intermittent contact with neighboring regions.

Populations & Lifeways

People likely maintained mixed subsistence: cultivation where soils permitted, livestock husbandry, and exploitation of fish and other coastal resources. Settlements and activity areas would have supported routine domestic production as well as storage and craft work. Burial practices provide one of the clearer windows into community organization and the ways people expressed identity.

Archaeology & Material Culture

Late Bronze Age Menorca is identified through shifts in pottery typology, the presence of metal items, and characteristic funerary assemblages. Durable artifacts—especially ceramics and metal—allow archaeologists to trace phases within the Late Bronze Age and to compare Menorca with neighboring island and mainland traditions.

Culture & Society

The selection and placement of grave goods suggest cultural norms around commemoration and social status. Craft knowledge, especially for pottery production and the use or acquisition of metal, indicates shared technical conventions and learning networks. Over time, changing styles in material culture point to evolving tastes and possibly changing social relationships tied to contact and exchange.

Legacy & Transition

The Late Bronze Age established patterns of island lifeways and material traditions that would be reworked in subsequent centuries as broader Mediterranean dynamics changed. The archaeological sequence on Menorca helps track how local communities adapted to new styles and opportunities while maintaining island-specific ways of living.

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 98.3%
Southern European 74.6%
Iberian 35.5%
Italian 16.7%
Balkan 11.2%
Sardinian 11.2%
Northwestern European 23.7%
English 17.0%
Northwestern European 6.7%
Asia 1.6%
Northern West Asian 1.6%
Anatolian 1.6%

Closest Modern Populations

These are the modern populations showing the closest statistical alignment to A man buried in Spain in the 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 La Rioja
1.5047
2
Spanish Burgos
1.6544
3
French Bigorre
1.8755
4
Spanish Pirineu
1.9174
5
Spanish Aragon
1.9278
6
Spanish Biscay
1.9540
7
Spanish Cantabria
1.9774
8
Spanish Navarra
1.9774
9
Spanish Aragon North
1.9789
10
French South
1.9835
Context

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Individual Culture/Period Date Location Action
Menorca Lba individual, Spain 904 BCE Balearic Islands. Menorca. Naveta des Tudons, Spain View
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