Oratie uitgesproken door Prof.dr. L.W.S.W. Amkreutz bij de aanvaarding van het ambt van bijzonder hoogleraar Public Archaeology vanwege Rijksmuseum van Oudheden aan de Universiteit Leiden op... Show moreOratie uitgesproken door Prof.dr. L.W.S.W. Amkreutz bij de aanvaarding van het ambt van bijzonder hoogleraar Public Archaeology vanwege Rijksmuseum van Oudheden aan de Universiteit Leiden op vrijdag 1 maart 2024 Show less
Patterson, N.; Isakov, M.; Booth, T.; Büster, L.; Fischer, C.; Olalde, I.; ... ; Reich, D. 2021
Present-day people from England and Wales harbour more ancestry derived from Early European Farmers (EEF) than people of the Early Bronze Age1. To understand this, we generated genome-wide data... Show morePresent-day people from England and Wales harbour more ancestry derived from Early European Farmers (EEF) than people of the Early Bronze Age1. To understand this, we generated genome-wide data from 793 individuals, increasing data from the Middle to Late Bronze and Iron Age in Britain by 12-fold, and Western and Central Europe by 3.5-fold. Between 1000 and 875 BC, EEF ancestry increased in southern Britain (England and Wales) but not northern Britain (Scotland) due to incorporation of migrants who arrived at this time and over previous centuries, and who were genetically most similar to ancient individuals from France. These migrants contributed about half the ancestry of Iron Age people of England and Wales, thereby creating a plausible vector for the spread of early Celtic languages into Britain. These patterns are part of a broader trend of EEF ancestry becoming more similar across central and western Europe in the Middle to Late Bronze Age, coincident with archaeological evidence of intensified cultural exchange2-6. There was comparatively less gene flow from continental Europe during the Iron Age, and Britain's independent genetic trajectory is also reflected in the rise of the allele conferring lactase persistence to ~50% by this time compared to ~7% in central Europe where it rose rapidly in frequency only a millennium later. This suggests that dairy products were used in qualitatively different ways in Britain and in central Europe over this period. Show less
Neolithic societies in the Dutch wetlands are characterised as “extended broad-spectrum hunter-gatherers”. They adopted agricultural elements only gradually and wild resources continue to play an... Show moreNeolithic societies in the Dutch wetlands are characterised as “extended broad-spectrum hunter-gatherers”. They adopted agricultural elements only gradually and wild resources continue to play an important role in subsistence. However, the exact duration of the process of neolithisation in the Dutch wetlands is debated. We analyse the taxonomic diversity of faunal assemblages from the late Mesolithic and Neolithic in the Netherlands. We demonstrate that the diversity of exploited faunal resources remains remarkably constant throughout the Neolithic. We interpret this to show that the reliance on an extended broad-spectrum economy was not a transitional phase, but was a viable economic system in its own right. Show less
Niekus, M.J.L.T.; Kozowyk, P.R.B.; Langejans, G.H.J.; Ngan-Tillard, D.; Van Keulen, H.; Van der Plicht, J.; ... ; Dusseldorp, G.L. 2019
Wij zijn recente migranten in een jong land. Voor onze voorouders hierheen kwamen, leefden hier neanderthalers. Uitgerekend de eerste Nederlandse neanderthaler werd niet óp het land, maar in zee... Show moreWij zijn recente migranten in een jong land. Voor onze voorouders hierheen kwamen, leefden hier neanderthalers. Uitgerekend de eerste Nederlandse neanderthaler werd niet óp het land, maar in zee aangetroffen. De grijze Noordzee verhult namelijk een van de rijkste prehistorische landschappen van Europa. Show less
Amkreutz, L.W.S.W.; Verpoorte, A.; Waters, A.L.; Niekus, M.; Heekeren, V. van; Merwe, A. van der; ... ; Johansen, L. 2018