Polish archaeogenetics is a bit complicated by the common practice of cremation, but we now have definitive proof that in the first centuries AD the area around the Vistula was settled by a people from Scandinavia, that was different from medieval and current populations of Poland.
This confirms at least some of the Gothic peoples' own migration story, as reported by Jordanes, and should make a few people who have theorised that European 'Barbarians' were a formless blob (a 'Barbaricum') until brought into contact with Romans embarassed.
There are still a lot of unanswered questions (who or what the Przeworsk culture people are and how they're related to Goths, Vandals etc.) but it's a big indicator that ancient 'barbarian' sources can't just be discarded, and that there's quite a bit more continuity in tribal identity than some people have theorised.
There's been similar research to the Anglo-Saxon one in Poland.
https://genomebiology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13059-023-03013-9
Polish archaeogenetics is a bit complicated by the common practice of cremation, but we now have definitive proof that in the first centuries AD the area around the Vistula was settled by a people from Scandinavia, that was different from medieval and current populations of Poland.
This confirms at least some of the Gothic peoples' own migration story, as reported by Jordanes, and should make a few people who have theorised that European 'Barbarians' were a formless blob (a 'Barbaricum') until brought into contact with Romans embarassed.
There are still a lot of unanswered questions (who or what the Przeworsk culture people are and how they're related to Goths, Vandals etc.) but it's a big indicator that ancient 'barbarian' sources can't just be discarded, and that there's quite a bit more continuity in tribal identity than some people have theorised.
Love this list. Got lots of reading to catch up on…