Another study of Anglo-Saxon migration

[Erpingham]

The Anglo-Saxon migration and the formation of the early English gene pool


This one supports mass migration(male and female) with evidence of cultural mixing. 

[Anton]

Interesting stuff, thank you Anthony.

[Justin Swanton]

Their conclusions:

Our results overwhelmingly support the view that the formation of early medieval society in England was not simply the result of a small elite migration, but that mass migration from afar must also have had a substantial role. We identified numerous individuals with only continental ancestry, suggesting that many of them were migrants themselves or were their unadmixed descendants. Both the lack of genetic evidence for male sex bias, and the correlation between ancestry and archaeological features, point to women being an important factor in this migration. Although men with migrant and local ancestry were buried in similar ways, women with migrant ancestries were more often found with grave goods than women with local ancestry. This could point to social stratification, or plausibly might simply reflect the degree to which women of local ancestry were integrated into the emerging CNE families. It is clear, however, that these social differences are subtle, given that we did not find evidence for this pattern in male burials, and that we found significant regional and site-level differences.

[Ade G]

The Anglo-Saxon migration and the formation of the early English gene pool


This one supports mass migration(male and female) with evidence of cultural mixing.

Really interesting - will be sharing this.

Thank you Anthony

[Imperial Dave]

more interesting stuff!!!

[nikgaukroger]

A new podcast that talks about this new study - https://podcasts.google.com/subscriptions?sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiDm9e6uK36AhUVgnMKHaCRC0EQ6tUFegQIABAB

[Imperial Dave]

Much obliged Nik

[Anton]

Yes indeed, thanks Nik.