Nature research paper: The Anglo-Saxon migration and the formation of the early English gene pool
, Mean CNE and WBI ancestry estimates of British–Irish sites from the Bronze, Iron and Early Middle Ages.In contrast to these previous periods, the majority of the early medieval individuals from England in our sample derive either all or a large fraction of their ancestry from continental northern Europe, with CNE ancestry of 76 ± 2% on average .
We find no significant differences of CNE or WBI ancestry between male and female individuals , and find individuals of both ancestries within prominent and/or furnished burials. In England overall, individuals with CNE ancestry are more likely to be found with grave goods than individuals with WBI ancestry .
This pattern is also visible in East Anglia specifically, where individuals with CNE ancestry more often have grave goods . This is also significant when considering only female individuals , but not when considering females with brooches, which display gender-related status . At the site level, these patterns are partly significant at Hatherdene Close .
There are notable individual exceptions to these patterns, such as a predominantly WBI burial at grave 80 in Oakington, found with the skeleton of a cow, silvered disc brooches and a chatelaine, and interred under a barrow, which is one of the more notable or wealthy burials in this cemetery
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