Papers by Maja Krznarić Škrivanko
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We present the first ancient DNA data from the Pre-Pottery Neolithic of Mesopotamia (Southeastern... more We present the first ancient DNA data from the Pre-Pottery Neolithic of Mesopotamia (Southeastern Turkey and Northern Iraq), Cyprus, and the Northwestern Zagros, along with the first data from Neolithic Armenia. We show that these and neighboring populations were formed through admixture of pre-Neolithic sources related to Anatolian, Caucasus, and Levantine hunter-gatherers, forming a Neolithic continuum of ancestry mirroring the geography of West Asia. By analyzing Pre-Pottery and Pottery Neolithic populations of Anatolia, we show that the former were derived from admixture between Mesopotamian-related and local Epipaleolithic-related sources, but the latter experienced additional Levantine-related gene flow, thus documenting at least two pulses of migration from the Fertile Crescent heartland to the early farmers of Anatolia.
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By sequencing 727 ancient individuals from the Southern Arc (Anatolia and its neighbors in Southe... more By sequencing 727 ancient individuals from the Southern Arc (Anatolia and its neighbors in Southeastern Europe and West Asia) over 10,000 years, we contextualize its Chalcolithic period and Bronze Age (about 5000 to 1000 BCE), when extensive gene flow entangled it with the Eurasian steppe. Two streams of migration transmitted Caucasus and Anatolian/Levantine ancestry northward, and the Yamnaya pastoralists, formed on the steppe, then spread southward into the Balkans and across the Caucasus into Armenia, where they left numerous patrilineal descendants. Anatolia was transformed by intra–West Asian gene flow, with negligible impact of the later Yamnaya migrations. This contrasts with all other regions where Indo-European languages were spoken, suggesting that the homeland of the Indo-Anatolian language family was in West Asia, with only secondary dispersals of non-Anatolian Indo-Europeans from the steppe.
This paper presents archaeobotanical data from three late Neolithic Sopot Culture (c. 5200–4000 c... more This paper presents archaeobotanical data from three late Neolithic Sopot Culture (c. 5200–4000 cal BC) tell sites, Sopot, Slavča and Ravnjaš, located in eastern Croatia. Tell settlements are well suited for exploring aspects of diet and subsistence, as they present a concentrated area with successive generations building upon previous occupation levels. The plant remains from the three study sites suggest a crop-based diet of mainly einkorn, emmer, barley, lentil and pea, as well as evidence of crop-processing activities. This diet was also probably supplemented by wild fruit from the local environment, such as cornelian cherry, chinese lantern and blackberry.V članku predstavljamo arheobotanične podatke iz treh poznoneolitskih najdišč sopotske kulture (ok. 5200 do 4000 pr. n. št.), in sicer na najdiščih Sopot, Slavča in Ravnjaš, ki so naselbine tipa tell na vzhodu Hrvaške. Naselbine tipa tell so primerne za preučevanje različnih aspektov prehrane in sredstev za preživetje, ...
Anthropologischer Anzeiger, 2017
ABSTRACT Congenital anomalies develop during intrauterine development. They can occur in soft tis... more ABSTRACT Congenital anomalies develop during intrauterine development. They can occur in soft tissues as well as skeletal elements and vary from minor to life threatening. In this paper we present a case of an individual from the Neolithic site of Vinka, Croatia. This adult male exhibited multiple congenital anomalies on cranial and postcranial skeleton. These include several rib anomalies on the right side: hyperplasia of the third rib, bifid fourth rib and flaring of the eighth rib. Additionally, lambdoid ossicles, parastyle of the second maxillary molar and supracondylar processes of the humeri are present. In this study we put emphasis on rib anomalies, very rarely reported in archaeological settings, and compare them to clinical cases.
Geologia Croatica, 2015
This paper presents the first results of pollen analysis at the eponymous archaeological site of ... more This paper presents the first results of pollen analysis at the eponymous archaeological site of Sopot. Cultural layers have been examined for the presence of pollen grains and spores as well as the other palynomorphs. The palynological analysis of the cultural layer provides significant data on the presence of phytopathogens that had an influence on the Neolithic agriculture.
Opuscula Archaeologica, 2014
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Literary and archaeological sources have preserved a rich history of Southern Europe and West Asi... more Literary and archaeological sources have preserved a rich history of Southern Europe and West Asia since the Bronze Age that can be complemented by genetics. Mycenaean period elites in Greece did not differ from the general population and included both people with some steppe ancestry and others, like the Griffin Warrior, without it. Similarly, people in the central area of the Urartian Kingdom around Lake Van lacked the steppe ancestry characteristic of the kingdom’s northern provinces. Anatolia exhibited extraordinary continuity down to the Roman and Byzantine periods, with its people serving as the demographic core of much of the Roman Empire, including the city of Rome itself. During medieval times, migrations associated with Slavic and Turkic speakers profoundly affected the region.
HOMO UNIVERSALIS: zbornik radova posvećen Zorku Markoviću povodom 65. obljetnice života, Zbornik Instituta za arheologiju / Serta Instituti Archaeologici, Vol. 15
U tekstu se obrađuje novootkriveno naselje sopotske kulture na položaju Vinkovci-Zablaće. Naseobi... more U tekstu se obrađuje novootkriveno naselje sopotske kulture na položaju Vinkovci-Zablaće. Naseobinski raster utvrđen je na sustavno istraženoj površini od oko 4500 m2, dok su probna arheološka istraživanja kao i arheološki nadzor potvrdili da se naselje rasprostiralo na površini većoj od 40 ha. Istraživanje je otkrilo vrlo značajan, kompleksan i veliki naseobinski lokalitet, koji potvrđuje iznimnu važnost ovog prostora u poznavanju infrastrukturne i materijalne ostavštine eponimne sopotske kulture, kao i gustu naseljenost ovog područja krajem 6. i tijekom 5. tisućljeća pr. Kr.
Anthropologischer Anzeiger, 2017
Congenital anomalies develop during intrauterine development. They can occur in soft tissues as w... more Congenital anomalies develop during intrauterine development. They can occur in soft tissues as well as skeletal elements and vary from minor to life threatening. In this paper we present a case of an individual from the Neolithic site of Vinka, Croatia. This adult male exhibited multiple congenital anomalies on cranial and postcranial skeleton. These include several rib anomalies on the right side: hyperplasia of the third rib, bifid fourth rib and flaring of the eighth rib. Additionally, lambdoid ossicles, parastyle of the second maxillary molar and supracondylar processes of the humeri are present. In this study we put emphasis on rib anomalies, very rarely reported in archaeological settings, and compare them to clinical cases.
This paper presents archaeobotanical data from three late Neolithic Sopot Culture (c.5200–4000 ca... more This paper presents archaeobotanical data from three late Neolithic Sopot Culture (c.5200–4000 cal BC) tell sites, Sopot, Slavca and Ravnjas, located in eastern Croatia. Tell settlements are well suited for exploring aspects of diet and subsistence, as they present a concentrated area with successive generations building upon previous occupation levels. The plant remains from the three study sites suggest a crop-based diet of mainly einkorn, emmer, barley, lentil and pea, as well as evidence of crop-processing activities. This diet was also probably supplemented by wild fruit from the local environment, such as cornelian cherry, chinese lantern and blackberry.
U radu se donose rezultati sustavnog arheološkog istraživanja eponimnog lokaliteta Sopot u svjetl... more U radu se donose rezultati sustavnog arheološkog istraživanja eponimnog lokaliteta Sopot u svjetlu istraživanja koja je 1957. proveo S. Dimitrijević. Osim arheoloških u radu se donose rezultati geofizičkih, arheobotaničkih, arheozooloških i radiokarbonskih analiza. /
This paper includes the results of archaeological research carried out at the eponymous site of Sopot in the light of research carried out by S. Dimitrijević in 1957. Apart from archaeological, the paper also includes results of geographical, archaeobotaical, archaeozoological and radiocarbon analyses.
Panonski prapovijesni osviti, Zbornik radova posvećenih Korneliji Minichreiter uz 65.obljetnicu života
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Sažetak: Tijekom sustavnog iskopavanja eponimnog lokaliteta sopotske kulture, od 2003.-2005. godi... more Sažetak: Tijekom sustavnog iskopavanja eponimnog lokaliteta sopotske kulture, od 2003.-2005. godine nisu otkrivene podne osnove, već samo mnogobrojni iskopi kanala, manjih jama i rupa za stupove u svim horizontima naseljavanja, smjera jug-sjever. U blokovima ...
PREGLED ISTRA@IVANJA Sopot u literaturi prvi spominje 1902. J. Brun{mid koji pi{e kako se jedno n... more PREGLED ISTRA@IVANJA Sopot u literaturi prvi spominje 1902. J. Brun{mid koji pi{e kako se jedno neoliti~ko naselje nalazi podalje od Vinkovaca na desnom brijegu Bosuta, u biv{oj {umi Sopot (Brun{mid 1902, 121, sl. 52: 2).
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Papers by Maja Krznarić Škrivanko
This paper includes the results of archaeological research carried out at the eponymous site of Sopot in the light of research carried out by S. Dimitrijević in 1957. Apart from archaeological, the paper also includes results of geographical, archaeobotaical, archaeozoological and radiocarbon analyses.
This paper includes the results of archaeological research carried out at the eponymous site of Sopot in the light of research carried out by S. Dimitrijević in 1957. Apart from archaeological, the paper also includes results of geographical, archaeobotaical, archaeozoological and radiocarbon analyses.