Coastal Iron: Croatia_EIA
Early Iron Age lives on the Dalmatian karst — bones, caves, and maternal lineages
Ancient and historical cultures
DNA Spotlights
Explore the places, time periods, and published research behind ancient DNA samples and the cultures associated with them.
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Culture collection
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Dawn Farmers of Vinkovci
Early Starčevo settlers in Croatia, 5650–5450 BCE — where fields and genes first meet
Croatia — Early Medieval Echoes
Bones, places and genomes trace lives across Croatia, 650–1250 CE
Nuštar: Avar-Age Crossroads
Early medieval community in eastern Croatia where local and steppe threads meet
Jagodnjak Early Slavs
Small DNA window into 7th–8th century Slavic life in eastern Croatia
Croatia: Late Bronze–Early Iron Age Echoes
Material traces and ancestral mitochondria from Velim-Kosa and Jazinka Cave
Gepidic Jakovo: Echoes of Late Antiquity
Jakovo graves (400–600 CE) illuminate Gepidic presence in Serbia with preliminary DNA signals
Jagodnjak Middle Bronze Age (Croatia)
Six individuals from Jagodnjak-Krcevine; DNA links farmer ancestry with older lineages
Late Antique Croatia: Shores & Slopes
Archaeology and ancient DNA illuminate coastal towns and inland fortresses, 200–800 CE
Croatia_MBA: Middle Bronze Age Echoes
Archaeology and ancient DNA illuminate communities of the Cetina Valley and Dalmatian hinterland.
Cetina Valley — Middle Bronze Age
Riverine communities in Dalmatia whose maternal lineages illuminate Bronze Age connections
Bronze Age Voices of Croatian Caves
Maternal lineages and archaeology from Bezdanjača Cave, 2000–800 BCE