Evidence of a Germanic presence in eastern Europe
Some people are asking for evidence of east-Germanic people in eastern Europe so I decided to do a thread covering the topic. Some notable Germanic tribes of east Europe are Bastarnae, Scirii & most notably the Goths. Here's a map of Gothic archaeological sites:
http://i742.photobucket.com/albums/x...tt_02a-g-2.jpg
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Originally Posted by
Crux
I have been wondering for some time now, are there any Eastern Germanic haplotypes left in central-eastern-southern europe ? Do we even know what haplotypes they carried ?
Here is a chart of some eastern European populations.
http://i742.photobucket.com/albums/x...aterial/ha.jpg
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So what are the haplogroups associated with Germanic speaking people?
I1a, I1c, which are found in trace amounts in eastern Europe.