https://notaspampeanas.com/tags/material-culture/ Recent content in Material Culture on Notaspampeanas Hugo -- gohugo.io en © 2026 Notaspampeanas Sat, 04 Jul 2026 00:12:10 -0300 https://notaspampeanas.com/posts/1767106852509-elite-escita/ Sat, 04 Jul 2026 00:12:10 -0300 https://notaspampeanas.com/posts/1767106852509-elite-escita/ <p> <figure> <img class="my-0 rounded-md" loading="lazy" srcset=" /img/banner_Picadas_740x90_hu15737667985523972185.gif 330w, /img/banner_Picadas_740x90_hu12580042837859193310.gif 660w, /img/banner_Picadas_740x90_hu8105318581360949313.gif 1024w, /img/banner_Picadas_740x90_hu7674890345849940028.gif 2x" src="https://notaspampeanas.com/img/banner_Picadas_740x90_hu12580042837859193310.gif" alt="" /> </figure> </p> <div class="lead text-neutral-500 dark:text-neutral-400 !mb-9 text-xl"> A new ancient DNA study published in <strong>Science Advances</strong> provides evidence that political power among <strong>Scythian elites</strong> may have been inherited through family lineages that extended across multiple burial sites. By combining archaeology, anthropology and genetics, the new study offers fresh insight into how social inequality and political authority developed among ancient nomadic societies. </div> <p> <figure> <img class="my-0 rounded-md" loading="lazy" srcset=" /posts/1767106852509-elite-escita/featured_hu15299137229087407411.jpg 330w, /posts/1767106852509-elite-escita/featured_hu7508710768780885997.jpg 660w, /posts/1767106852509-elite-escita/featured_hu15009862588721993986.jpg 1024w, /posts/1767106852509-elite-escita/featured_hu15723732699530842147.jpg 2x" src="https://notaspampeanas.com/posts/1767106852509-elite-escita/featured_hu7508710768780885997.jpg" alt="Burial mound &ldquo;Kurgan Shilikty 16&rdquo; in Kazakhstan before the excavation works took place. Image credit and Copyright: Rinat Zhumatayev" /> </figure> <strong>Burial mound &ldquo;Kurgan Shilikty 16&rdquo; in Kazakhstan before the excavation works took place. Image credit and Copyright: Rinat Zhumatayev</strong></p>