England Middle Bronze Age Echoes
Archaeology and DNA illuminate lives in England, 1600–1000 BCE
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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Iron Age England: Somerset to the Fenlands
A genetic and archaeological portrait of communities across England, 514–54 BCE
Iron Shadows of England
A genomic and archaeological portrait of Middle–Late Iron Age England (715 BCE–100 CE)
Norwich: Medieval Jewish Lives Unearthed
Six individuals from a Chapelfield well reveal a complex medieval community, seen through bones and DNA.
Caves of Mesolithic England
Fragile bones and ancient DNA from Somerset and Devon reveal post‑glacial lives
Hazleton North: Voices from Stone
Neolithic burial community in Gloucestershire revealed by archaeology and ancient DNA
England Neolithic Echoes
Peoples of early farming England, seen through caves, causeways and ancient genomes
Bronze Dawn of North Yorkshire
A fleeting glimpse into Early Bronze Age lives at West Heslerton through archaeology and DNA
Sedgeford Anglo‑Saxon Echoes
Fragmentary voices from 700–800 CE Norfolk linking archaeology and ancient DNA
Scorton Anglian Voices
Human stories from Hollow Banks (420–604 CE) linking archaeology and ancient DNA
Saxon England: Echoes of Migration
Archaeology and genomes illuminate lives in early medieval eastern England.
Echoes of the England Vikings
Archaeology and ancient DNA tracing Norse lives in England, 880–1037 CE