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A study by the University of Geneva using isotope geochemistry revealed that 14% of individuals buried 6,000 years ago at the Barmaz necropolis in Switzerland were not locals, indicating mobility in this Middle Neolithic society. The research also showed that the community, including both locals and non-locals, had egalitarian access to food resources, with no dietary differences based on origin or gender.
Researchers found that 14% of individuals in the 6,000-year-old Barmaz necropolis were not locals, indicating mobility in this Middle Neolithic society. The study reveals that both locals and non-locals had equal access to food, suggesting a relatively egalitarian society.has uncovered new information about the Barmaz necropolis in Valais : 14% of the people buried 6,000 years ago at this site were not locals.
The aim of the study carried out by Déborah Rosselet-Christ, a doctoral student at the Laboratory of Archaeology of Africa and Anthropology in the UNIGE Faculty of Science, is to apply isotope analysis to human remains dating from the Neolithic period to learn more about their diet and mobility. The levels of certain isotopes of carbon, nitrogen, sulfur, and strontium depend on the environment in which each individual lives and eats.
Analysis of the strontium isotope ratios in the 49 individuals from Barmaz reveals a high degree of homogeneity in most of them and markedly different values in only 14% of the samples, indicating a different origin.
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