Untangling the Sogdians Ancestry: Silk Road Trade, Tang Dynasty Graves, and Genetic Admixture Caterina June 20, 2025 – 3 min read Share this post Papers Kin, Empire, and DNA: How Roman Rule Reshaped (and Failed to Reshape) Family Mating Practices Roman Imperial Impact on Kinship and Consanguinity Across Regions Roman Imperial Impact on Kinship and Consanguinity: A Comprehensive Genomic Analysis Introduction: The Genomic Revolution in Roman Studies This comprehensive study explores how the Roman Empire fundamentally reshaped family life and marriage practices across its vast territories, while simultaneously revealing where By Sara V • 8 min read Papers Ancient Roman Sculptures as Early Depictions of Occult Spinal Dysraphism Occult Spinal Dysraphism and Its Cutaneous Stigmata in Clinical Neurosurgery Occult Spinal Dysraphism and Its Cutaneous Stigmata in Clinical Neurosurgery This comprehensive study takes readers on an extraordinary journey from modern neurosurgical clinics to the marble halls of ancient Roman museums, examining how subtle cutaneous markers of spinal anomalies may By Sara V • 6 min read Papers Histological Study of Cremated Human Remains from the Imperial Roman Necropolis of La Cona Roman Cremation Rituals at La Cona: Fire, Bones, and Changing Ways of Death The article follows the story of cremation in Italy from its Bronze Age rise to its Roman heyday, before examining the Imperial Roman necropolis of La Cona at Teramo, in central Italy. Here, archaeologists have traced how By Sara V • 8 min read Papers Kin, Empire, and DNA: How Roman Rule Reshaped (and Failed to Reshape) Family Mating Practices Roman Imperial Impact on Kinship and Consanguinity Across Regions Roman Imperial Impact on Kinship and Consanguinity: A Comprehensive Genomic Analysis Introduction: The Genomic Revolution in Roman Studies This comprehensive study explores how the Roman Empire fundamentally reshaped family life and marriage practices across its vast territories, while simultaneously revealing where By Sara V • 8 min read Papers Ancient Roman Sculptures as Early Depictions of Occult Spinal Dysraphism Occult Spinal Dysraphism and Its Cutaneous Stigmata in Clinical Neurosurgery Occult Spinal Dysraphism and Its Cutaneous Stigmata in Clinical Neurosurgery This comprehensive study takes readers on an extraordinary journey from modern neurosurgical clinics to the marble halls of ancient Roman museums, examining how subtle cutaneous markers of spinal anomalies may By Sara V • 6 min read Papers Histological Study of Cremated Human Remains from the Imperial Roman Necropolis of La Cona Roman Cremation Rituals at La Cona: Fire, Bones, and Changing Ways of Death The article follows the story of cremation in Italy from its Bronze Age rise to its Roman heyday, before examining the Imperial Roman necropolis of La Cona at Teramo, in central Italy. Here, archaeologists have traced how By Sara V • 8 min read Papers Roman–‘Barbarian’ Blending on the German Frontier, 400–700 CE Demographic Upheaval around 470 CE: When Northerners Met the Roman Provincials The article plunges the reader into the thick of one of the most dramatic demographic moments in late Roman and early medieval Europe: a sweeping population shift, centred roughly on the year 470 CE, when people with roots in By Sara V • 6 min read Papers Ancient DNA Reveals Cave-Burial Ancestry in the Formation of Kra–Dai and Hmong–Mien Peoples of Southwest China Cave Burial Traditions in Guangxi: Ancient DNA and the Origins of Kra-Dai and Hmong-Mien Peoples Cave Burial Traditions in Guangxi: Ancient DNA and the Origins of Kra-Dai and Hmong-Mien Peoples Introduction: Doorways into the Deep Past This comprehensive study takes readers into the dramatic limestone landscapes of Guangxi in southwest By Sara V • 7 min read Papers Cosmopolitan Goths: Archaeogenomic Evidence for a Genetically Diverse Masłomęcz Community in Late Iron Age Barbaricum Goths on the Move: The Masłomęcz Group and Gothic Origins Goths on the Move: The Masłomęcz Group and Gothic Origins Introduction: A Gothic Community Revealed Through DNA The migration route of the Goths sweeps from the chilly shores of the Baltic Sea down towards the Black Sea, but pauses for By Caterina • 8 min read
Papers Kin, Empire, and DNA: How Roman Rule Reshaped (and Failed to Reshape) Family Mating Practices Roman Imperial Impact on Kinship and Consanguinity Across Regions Roman Imperial Impact on Kinship and Consanguinity: A Comprehensive Genomic Analysis Introduction: The Genomic Revolution in Roman Studies This comprehensive study explores how the Roman Empire fundamentally reshaped family life and marriage practices across its vast territories, while simultaneously revealing where By Sara V • 8 min read
Papers Ancient Roman Sculptures as Early Depictions of Occult Spinal Dysraphism Occult Spinal Dysraphism and Its Cutaneous Stigmata in Clinical Neurosurgery Occult Spinal Dysraphism and Its Cutaneous Stigmata in Clinical Neurosurgery This comprehensive study takes readers on an extraordinary journey from modern neurosurgical clinics to the marble halls of ancient Roman museums, examining how subtle cutaneous markers of spinal anomalies may By Sara V • 6 min read
Papers Histological Study of Cremated Human Remains from the Imperial Roman Necropolis of La Cona Roman Cremation Rituals at La Cona: Fire, Bones, and Changing Ways of Death The article follows the story of cremation in Italy from its Bronze Age rise to its Roman heyday, before examining the Imperial Roman necropolis of La Cona at Teramo, in central Italy. Here, archaeologists have traced how By Sara V • 8 min read
Papers Kin, Empire, and DNA: How Roman Rule Reshaped (and Failed to Reshape) Family Mating Practices Roman Imperial Impact on Kinship and Consanguinity Across Regions Roman Imperial Impact on Kinship and Consanguinity: A Comprehensive Genomic Analysis Introduction: The Genomic Revolution in Roman Studies This comprehensive study explores how the Roman Empire fundamentally reshaped family life and marriage practices across its vast territories, while simultaneously revealing where By Sara V • 8 min read
Papers Ancient Roman Sculptures as Early Depictions of Occult Spinal Dysraphism Occult Spinal Dysraphism and Its Cutaneous Stigmata in Clinical Neurosurgery Occult Spinal Dysraphism and Its Cutaneous Stigmata in Clinical Neurosurgery This comprehensive study takes readers on an extraordinary journey from modern neurosurgical clinics to the marble halls of ancient Roman museums, examining how subtle cutaneous markers of spinal anomalies may By Sara V • 6 min read
Papers Histological Study of Cremated Human Remains from the Imperial Roman Necropolis of La Cona Roman Cremation Rituals at La Cona: Fire, Bones, and Changing Ways of Death The article follows the story of cremation in Italy from its Bronze Age rise to its Roman heyday, before examining the Imperial Roman necropolis of La Cona at Teramo, in central Italy. Here, archaeologists have traced how By Sara V • 8 min read
Papers Roman–‘Barbarian’ Blending on the German Frontier, 400–700 CE Demographic Upheaval around 470 CE: When Northerners Met the Roman Provincials The article plunges the reader into the thick of one of the most dramatic demographic moments in late Roman and early medieval Europe: a sweeping population shift, centred roughly on the year 470 CE, when people with roots in By Sara V • 6 min read
Papers Ancient DNA Reveals Cave-Burial Ancestry in the Formation of Kra–Dai and Hmong–Mien Peoples of Southwest China Cave Burial Traditions in Guangxi: Ancient DNA and the Origins of Kra-Dai and Hmong-Mien Peoples Cave Burial Traditions in Guangxi: Ancient DNA and the Origins of Kra-Dai and Hmong-Mien Peoples Introduction: Doorways into the Deep Past This comprehensive study takes readers into the dramatic limestone landscapes of Guangxi in southwest By Sara V • 7 min read
Papers Cosmopolitan Goths: Archaeogenomic Evidence for a Genetically Diverse Masłomęcz Community in Late Iron Age Barbaricum Goths on the Move: The Masłomęcz Group and Gothic Origins Goths on the Move: The Masłomęcz Group and Gothic Origins Introduction: A Gothic Community Revealed Through DNA The migration route of the Goths sweeps from the chilly shores of the Baltic Sea down towards the Black Sea, but pauses for By Caterina • 8 min read
