Unveiling the complexity of post-Roman polity formation in Pannonia using ancient DNA

Yijie Tian, István Koncz, Norbert Faragó, Corina Knipper, Ronny Friedrich, Deven N. Vyas, Levente Samu, Olga Spekker, Tamás Szeniczey, Tamás Hajdu, Balázs Gusztáv Mende, Péter Tomka, Ildikó Katalin Pap, Dávid Czigány, Rita Radzeviciute, Luca Traverso, Guido Alberto Gnecchi-Ruscone, Paolo Francalacci, Bernd Schöne, Gábor Tóth, Anna Szécsényi-Nagy, Petrus le Roux, Kurt W. Alt, Zuzana Hofmanová, Walter Pohl, Johannes Krause, Tivadar Vida, Patrick J. Geary, Krishna R. Veeramah

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DOI: 10.1126/science.aec2634
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@article{allodium:10.1126/science.aec2634,
  title = {Unveiling the complexity of post-Roman polity formation in Pannonia using ancient DNA},
  author = {Yijie Tian and István Koncz and Norbert Faragó and Corina Knipper and Ronny Friedrich and Deven N. Vyas and Levente Samu and Olga Spekker and Tamás Szeniczey and Tamás Hajdu and Balázs Gusztáv Mende and Péter Tomka and Ildikó Katalin Pap and Dávid Czigány and Rita Radzeviciute and Luca Traverso and Guido Alberto Gnecchi-Ruscone and Paolo Francalacci and Bernd Schöne and Gábor Tóth and Anna Szécsényi-Nagy and Petrus le Roux and Kurt W. Alt and Zuzana Hofmanová and Walter Pohl and Johannes Krause and Tivadar Vida and Patrick J. Geary and Krishna R. Veeramah},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {Science},
  doi = {10.1126/science.aec2634},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aec2634}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Unveiling the complexity of post-Roman polity formation in Pannonia using ancient DNA
AU  - Yijie Tian
AU  - István Koncz
AU  - Norbert Faragó
AU  - Corina Knipper
AU  - Ronny Friedrich
AU  - Deven N. Vyas
AU  - Levente Samu
AU  - Olga Spekker
AU  - Tamás Szeniczey
AU  - Tamás Hajdu
AU  - Balázs Gusztáv Mende
AU  - Péter Tomka
AU  - Ildikó Katalin Pap
AU  - Dávid Czigány
AU  - Rita Radzeviciute
AU  - Luca Traverso
AU  - Guido Alberto Gnecchi-Ruscone
AU  - Paolo Francalacci
AU  - Bernd Schöne
AU  - Gábor Tóth
AU  - Anna Szécsényi-Nagy
AU  - Petrus le Roux
AU  - Kurt W. Alt
AU  - Zuzana Hofmanová
AU  - Walter Pohl
AU  - Johannes Krause
AU  - Tivadar Vida
AU  - Patrick J. Geary
AU  - Krishna R. Veeramah
PY  - 2026
JO  - Science
DO  - 10.1126/science.aec2634
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aec2634
ER  -

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Tian, Y., Koncz, I., Faragó, N., Knipper, C., Friedrich, R., Vyas, D. N., Samu, L., Spekker, O., Szeniczey, T., Hajdu, T., Mende, B. G., Tomka, P., Pap, I. K., Czigány, D., Radzeviciute, R., Traverso, L., Gnecchi-Ruscone, G. A., Francalacci, P., Schöne, B., Tóth, G., Szécsényi-Nagy, A., Roux, P. L., Alt, K. W., Hofmanová, Z., Pohl, W., Krause, J., Vida, T., Geary, P. J., & Veeramah, K. R. (2026). Unveiling the complexity of post-Roman polity formation in Pannonia using ancient DNA. Science. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aec2634

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