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Population genomic analysis of elongated skulls reveals extensive female-biased immigration in Early Medieval Bavaria

Veeramah, Krishna R. ; Rott, Andreas ; Groß, Melanie ; Dorp, Lucy van ; López, Saioa ; Kirsanow, Karola ; Sell, Christian ; Blöcher, Jens ; Wegmann, Daniel ; Link, Vivian ; Hofmanová, Zuzana ; Peters, Joris ; Trautmann, Bernd ; Gairhos, Anja ; Haberstroh, Jochen ; Päffgen, Bernd ; Hellenthal, Garrett ; Haas-Gebhard, Brigitte ; Harbeck, Michaela ; Burger, Joachim

In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2018, p. 201719880

Modern European genetic structure demonstrates strong correlations with geography, while genetic analysis of prehistoric humans has indicated at least two major waves of immigration from outside the continent during periods of cultural change. However, population-level genome data that could shed light on the demographic processes occurring during the intervening periods have been absent....

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Swiss stained-glass panels: an analytical study

Machado, Andreia ; Wolf, Sophie ; Alves, Luis C. ; Katona-Serneels, Ildiko ; Serneels, Vincent ; Trümpler, Stefan ; Vilarigues, Márcia

In: Microscopy and Microanalysis, 2017, vol. 23, no. 4, p. 878–890

The history and iconography of Swiss stained glass dating between the 16th and 18th centuries are well studied. However, the chemical and morphological characteristics of the glass and glass paints, particularly the nature of the raw materials, the provenance of the glass, and the technology used to produce it are less well understood. In this paper, we studied two sets of samples from...