Between August 28-31, 2024, the 31st conference of the European Association of Archaeologists was held in Rome, where thousands of participants presented their research in over 300 sessions. In addition to archaeologists, professionals working in all areas of bioarchaeology presented their work, including several colleagues from the Institute of Archaeogenomics.

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One of the sessions of the conference specifically focused on the provinces of the Roman Empire along the Danube from a scientific perspective, making it a perfect fit for the work of the MTA-BTK Lendület Bioarchaeology Research Group, led by Anna Szécsényi-Nagy. Along with three other national and international colleagues, Anna Szécsényi-Nagy was one of the organizers of the session titled: "Interdisciplinary and multiscalar approaches to bioarchaeology in the Danube provinces of the Roman Empire" (#439).

Organizers:

  • Anna Szécsényi-Nagy, Institute of Archaeogenomics, HUN-REN Research Centre for the Humanities, Budapest, Hungary
  • Ádám Bollók, Institute of Archaeology, HUN-REN Research Centre for the Humanities, Budapest, Hungary
  • Dragana Vulović, Institute of Archaeology, Belgrade, Serbia
  • Nataša Miladinović-Radmilović, Institute of Archaeology, Belgrade, Serbia

During the session, the first anthropological results related to lifestyle reconstruction within the Lendület project were also presented, with the following authorship and title:

  • Krisztián Kiss, Orsolya Mateovics-László, Ágota Madai, Kitti Köhler, Mónika Merczi, Orsolya Láng, Zsolt Bernert, Balázs Gusztáv Mende, Péter Vámos, Anna Szécsényi-Nagy: "Livin’ on the edge” – Lifestyle reconstruction of Pannonian populations of the Roman Empire based on paleopathological analysis.

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Additionally, colleagues of the Institute gave five presentations in various sessions:

  • Dániel Gerber presented the latest results of his research on Bronze Age horses. Authorship and title of the presentation: Dániel Gerber, Kornél Herpai, Noémi Borbély, István Major, Géza Szabó, Róbert Bozi, Viktória Kiss, Gabriella Kulcsár, Balázs Gusztáv Mende, Anna Szécsényi-Nagy: Genomic refugium of pre-domestication horse lineages in the Bronze Age Carpathian Basin.

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  • Krisztián Kiss participated as a co-author in a presentation on the multidisciplinary investigation of a Bronze Age mass grave excavated in Tiszafüred. Authorship and title of the presentation: Anett Gémes, János Dani, Edit Mester, Viktória Kiss, István Major, Vajk Szeverényi, Claudio Cavazzutti, Krisztián Kiss, Tamás Szeniczey, Tamás Hajdu: Insights into prehistoric multiple burials – a comprehensive study.

  • Balázs Gyuris presented the results of a multidisciplinary investigation of the Avar-period cemetery at Kölked-Feketekapu. Authorship and title of the presentation: Balázs Gyuris, Zsuzsanna Hajnal, Tamás Szeniczey, Kristóf Jakab, István Koncz, Balázs Gusztáv Mende, Johannes Krause, Zsófia Rácz, Tivadar Vida, Anna Szécsényi-Nagy: Unveiling the social and genetic landscapes of the Avar period Southern Transdanubia: A multidisciplinary study of the Kölked-Feketekapu cemetery.

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  • Bea Szeifert analyzed the genetic composition and changes of medieval communities in the Carpathian Basin in her presentation. Authorship and title of the presentation: Bea Szeifert, Dániel Gerber, Veronika Csáky, Balázs Gyuris, Kristóf Jakab, Miklós Béla Szőke, Balázs Gusztáv Mende, Vitalij Sinika, Attila Türk, Anna Szécsényi-Nagy: Genetic makeup and change in the medieval communities of the Carpathian Basin.

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  • Anna Szécsényi-Nagy provided insights into the organization of late Neolithic and early Copper Age communities in the Carpathian Basin. Authorship and title of the presentation: Anna Szécsényi-Nagy, Alexandra Anders, Pál Raczky, Cristian Virag, Tamás Hajdu, Tamás Szeniczey, Ron Pinhasi, David Reich, Zsuzsanna Siklódi: New genomic data illuminate community organization and mobility in the late Neolithic and early Copper Age Carpathian Basin.

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The program and abstract booklet of the event is available HERE.