DNA Spotlights

Lech Valley Middle Bronze Age

A riverine landscape of bronze, bones, and emerging genetic clues

• Lech Valley, Bavaria, Germany
• 2193 CE - 1224 BCE

Baalberge Echoes: Middle Neolithic Germany

Three genomes from Esperstedt and Quedlinburg reveal tentative links between burial rites and farmer ancestry

• Central Germany (Esperstedt; Quedlinburg Site IX)
• 3977 CE - 3376 BCE

Liebenau Saxons: Early Medieval Voices

Four skeletal samples from Lower Saxony illuminate Saxon lifeways and ancestry, with caution given limited data

• Lower Saxony, Germany
• 300 CE - 500 CE

Salzmünde Echoes

A brief, DNA‑inflected glimpse into Salzmünde life (3400–3025 BCE) at Salzmünde‑Schiepzig

• Central Germany (Salzmünde‑Schiepzig)
• 3400 CE - 3025 BCE

Erfurt Voices: Medieval Jewish Ackerhof

Human stories from 1250–1400 CE in Thüringen woven from bones, artifacts, and DNA

• Erfurt, Thüringen, Germany
• 1250 CE - 1400 CE

Derenburg LBK: Saxony's Early Farmers

5400–4600 BCE Neolithic community in Saxony-Anhalt revealed through archaeology and ancient genomes

• Saxony-Anhalt, Central Germany
• 5400 CE - 4600 BCE

Riverine Shadows: Mesolithic Germany

Hunter-gatherer lifeways in central Germany, 7593–4622 BCE — bone, stone, and ancient DNA

• Central/Northern Germany (Saxony-Anhalt, Brandenburg, Thüringen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern)
• 7593 CE - 4622 BCE

Shores of Schleswig: Saxon Medieval Lives

Archaeology and DNA from Schleswig-Holstein illuminate Saxon life between 1000–1250 CE

• Schleswig-Holstein, Northern Germany
• 1000 CE - 1250 CE

Schortens Saxons: Voices from Lower Saxony

Early medieval burials (700–900 CE) reveal local Saxon lifeways and tentative genetic signals

• Schortens, Lower Saxony, Germany
• 700 CE - 900 CE

Singen Early Bronze Age Echoes

Burials from Singen reveal a vivid, cautious glimpse into southern German societies (2250–1650 BCE)

• Southern Germany (Singen)
• 2250 CE - 1650 BCE

Tauber Corded Ware — Althausen

Cord-impressed pottery and Steppe-linked DNA echo in the Tauber Valley

• Tauber Valley, Germany (Central Europe)
• 2600 CE - 2350 BCE

Tollense: Voices from a Bronze Age Valley

A battlefield and community in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern revealed by bones and genomes

• Tollense Valley, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
• 4500 CE - 12001300 BCE