DNA Analysis of Two Sarmatian Funerary Contexts From Eastern Romania

The aim of this study was to analyse the ancient DNA and their correspondent haplogroups, presenting also the first genetic results on bone samples selected from two funerary contexts assigned to the Sarmatian communities identified in Eastern Romania. The archaeological sites are located on the terraces integrated in the Jijia and Prut river basins, in the Vorniceni village (Vorniceni commune, Botoșani county) and Isaiia village (Răducăneni commune, Iași county) and were largely attributed based, mainly, on the grave goods, to the Sarmatian populations. The ancient DNA analysis performed on bone samples assigned to the Sarmatian population offered us the possibility to infer the ancient human population admixtures from Eastern Romania using amtDNA isolated from bone remains.