Tisza culture

The Tisza culture is a Neolithic archaeological culture of the Alföld plain in modern-day Hungary, Western Romania, Eastern Slovakia and Ukrainian Zakarpattia Oblast in Central Europe. The culture is dated to the 5th and 4th millennia BCE.

Tisza culture
Geographical rangeCentral Europe, Pannonian Plain
PeriodNeolithic
Datesc. 4200 BC – 3200 BC
Preceded byLinear Pottery culture, Vinča culture
Followed byTiszapolgár culture

Genetics

In a 2017 genetic study published in Nature, the remains of five individuals ascribed to the Tisza culture was analyzed. Of the three samples of Y-DNA extracted, one belonged to I2a1, one belonged to I, and one belonged to G2.[1][2]

I2a2a, and one belonged to H. mtDNA extracted were various subclades of U, H, T and K.[1][2]

References

  • "Tisza culture". Encyclopedia of Ukraine. 5. 1993. Retrieved 24 September 2010.
  • Lipson, Mark (November 16, 2017). "Parallel palaeogenomic transects reveal complex genetic history of early European farmers". Nature. Nature Research. 551 (7680): 368–372. doi:10.1038/nature24476. PMC 5973800. PMID 29144465.
  • Narasimhan, Vagheesh M. (September 6, 2019). "The formation of human populations in South and Central Asia". Science. American Association for the Advancement of Science. 365 (6457): eaat7487. bioRxiv 10.1101/292581. doi:10.1126/science.aat7487. PMC 6822619. PMID 31488661.


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