{"id":192938,"date":"2025-04-19T14:47:53","date_gmt":"2025-04-19T14:47:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/anthropology\/the-myth-of-neolithic-monarchs\/"},"modified":"2025-04-19T14:47:53","modified_gmt":"2025-04-19T14:47:53","slug":"the-myth-of-neolithic-monarchs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=192938","title":{"rendered":"The Myth of Neolithic Monarchs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>High on the grassy ridgelines of Neolithic Ireland, where fog slips across stone like whispered memory, early farmers raised monuments that still loom over the living. Passage tombs like Newgrange and Knowth, older than the pyramids, have long been cast as the burial vaults of prehistoric kings and queens. But new genetic evidence is unsettling that tale.<\/p>\n<p><span>A recent study published in the <\/span><em><span>Cambridge Archaeological Journal<\/span><\/em><span> led by Neil Carlin of University College Dublin peels back the earth not just from bones, but from assumptions. The analysis of ancient DNA from 55 individuals buried across multiple Irish tombs suggests that these were not family mausoleums for ruling elites, as once believed. Instead, they may have been gathering points for scattered communities\u2014communal resting places for a far more complex, cooperative society.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe cannot say that these tombs were the final resting places of a dynastic lineage who restricted access to \u2018burial\u2019 within these tombs to their relatives,\u201d the researchers write.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"captioned-image-container\">\n<figure><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc3a8b375-17e2-4903-b142-2d875d2ecefd_1968x2439.png\" data-component-name=\"Image2ToDOM\" rel=\"\" class=\"image-link image2 is-viewable-img\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"image2-inset\"><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc3a8b375-17e2-4903-b142-2d875d2ecefd_1968x2439.png 424w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc3a8b375-17e2-4903-b142-2d875d2ecefd_1968x2439.png 848w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc3a8b375-17e2-4903-b142-2d875d2ecefd_1968x2439.png 1272w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc3a8b375-17e2-4903-b142-2d875d2ecefd_1968x2439.png 1456w\" sizes=\"100vw\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc3a8b375-17e2-4903-b142-2d875d2ecefd_1968x2439.png\" width=\"1456\" height=\"1804\" data-attrs=\"{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/c3a8b375-17e2-4903-b142-2d875d2ecefd_1968x2439.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:1804,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:3646202,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image\/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.anthropology.net\/i\/161673638?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc3a8b375-17e2-4903-b142-2d875d2ecefd_1968x2439.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null}\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc3a8b375-17e2-4903-b142-2d875d2ecefd_1968x2439.png 424w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc3a8b375-17e2-4903-b142-2d875d2ecefd_1968x2439.png 848w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc3a8b375-17e2-4903-b142-2d875d2ecefd_1968x2439.png 1272w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc3a8b375-17e2-4903-b142-2d875d2ecefd_1968x2439.png 1456w\" sizes=\"100vw\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"sizing-normal\"\/><\/picture><\/div>\n<p><\/a><figcaption class=\"image-caption\">Biological kinship in Neolithic Ireland.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Irish Neolithic (c. 3900\u20132500 BCE) began with modest tombs\u2014court tombs, portal tombs, and simple stone chambers that mirrored the small, genetically tight-knit communities that built them. But by 3300 BCE, something changed. People began constructing passage tombs: large, carefully engineered burial mounds accessed by stone corridors. These tombs often housed dozens of individuals\u2014and genetic data now suggests they were anything but close family.<\/p>\n<p>Carlin and his colleagues combed through both genetic profiles and archaeological context. They found that while earlier tombs reflect intimate kinship networks, later megalithic monuments show a marked rise in genetic diversity. Few of the buried individuals shared immediate ancestry.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThis reflects how the kin groups using these tombs were interacting on a larger scale and more frequently choosing to have children with others from within these extended communities,\u201d the team concluded.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Rather than entombing their bloodlines, these people were memorializing their collectives.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier interpretations of Irish passage tombs leaned heavily on hierarchy. Previous DNA work had even proposed elite lineages with incestuous ties, invoking images of Neolithic dynasties. But Carlin\u2019s study reframes these sites not as symbols of dominance, but of diplomacy.<\/p>\n<p>This wasn\u2019t a society where power flowed from blood. It was one where participation mattered more than pedigree. Passage tombs, it seems, became ceremonial gathering places\u2014perhaps visited cyclically for ritual feasts, monument maintenance, and the burial of the recently dead. A sort of sacred commons, where belonging was marked by shared effort, not shared genes.<\/p>\n<p>The idea finds echoes elsewhere in Neolithic Europe. From the Orkney Islands to Brittany, megalithic architecture often suggests collective building, with few signs of hierarchy. The Irish case adds genetic substance to that architectural reading.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cInstead of seeing the Neolithic period as one ruled by powerful dynasties,\u201d Carlin suggests, \u201cwe should view it as a more equal society.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The researchers stop short of calling it egalitarian in the modern sense. But the data strongly suggest that authority\u2014if it existed\u2014was more horizontal than vertical.<\/p>\n<p>For nearly 400 years, Ireland\u2019s early farmers buried their dead simply. But by the time passage tombs appeared around 3300 BCE, societies had grown in scale and complexity. With this came a shift in how kinship was understood\u2014not just genetically, but socially and politically.<\/p>\n<p>What triggered this change? The study doesn\u2019t pin it to a single cause, but hints at wider transformations: population growth, expanding trade networks, and the forging of new regional identities. Burial, once a private act, became public performance. And tombs became the stage.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThese were times when the past was being materially constructed in stone, in acts of commemoration that helped shape social memory and identity,\u201d the authors write.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The implications ripple beyond Ireland. For archaeologists, this study is a reminder to reconsider assumptions about ancestry, authority, and architecture. For anthropologists, it\u2019s an invitation to explore how social bonds form and function beyond bloodlines.<\/p>\n<div class=\"captioned-image-container\">\n<figure><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3aef11d4-cf4e-47cd-91cf-9f0bb4af06b4_2650x1461.png\" data-component-name=\"Image2ToDOM\" rel=\"\" class=\"image-link image2 is-viewable-img\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"image2-inset\"><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3aef11d4-cf4e-47cd-91cf-9f0bb4af06b4_2650x1461.png 424w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3aef11d4-cf4e-47cd-91cf-9f0bb4af06b4_2650x1461.png 848w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3aef11d4-cf4e-47cd-91cf-9f0bb4af06b4_2650x1461.png 1272w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3aef11d4-cf4e-47cd-91cf-9f0bb4af06b4_2650x1461.png 1456w\" sizes=\"100vw\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3aef11d4-cf4e-47cd-91cf-9f0bb4af06b4_2650x1461.png\" width=\"1456\" height=\"803\" data-attrs=\"{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/3aef11d4-cf4e-47cd-91cf-9f0bb4af06b4_2650x1461.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:803,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:800848,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image\/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.anthropology.net\/i\/161673638?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3aef11d4-cf4e-47cd-91cf-9f0bb4af06b4_2650x1461.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null}\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3aef11d4-cf4e-47cd-91cf-9f0bb4af06b4_2650x1461.png 424w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3aef11d4-cf4e-47cd-91cf-9f0bb4af06b4_2650x1461.png 848w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3aef11d4-cf4e-47cd-91cf-9f0bb4af06b4_2650x1461.png 1272w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3aef11d4-cf4e-47cd-91cf-9f0bb4af06b4_2650x1461.png 1456w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"sizing-normal\"\/><\/picture><\/div>\n<p><\/a><figcaption class=\"image-caption\">Genetic genealogy of individuals interred at Hazelton North, with location of interment indicated by color and dotted lines representing degrees of relatedness.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>As Carlin and colleagues note, more work is needed\u2014new ancient genomes, deeper contextual analysis, and better integration of material culture and biology. But the shift in perspective is already underway.<\/p>\n<p>Neolithic Ireland wasn\u2019t just a land of farmers and tomb builders. It was a place where people reimagined community\u2014where identity may have been measured not by lineage, but by shared lives and collective memory etched in stone.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><span>Booth, T. J., &amp; Br\u00fcck, J. (2020). Death is not the end: Secondary burial in Neolithic Britain. <\/span><em>Antiquity<\/em><span>, 94(373), 1111\u20131129. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.15184\/aqy.2020.129<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span>S\u00e1nchez-Quinto, F., et al. (2019). Megalithic tombs in western and northern Neolithic Europe were linked to a kindred society. <\/span><em>PNAS<\/em><span>, 116(19), 9469\u20139474. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1073\/pnas.1818037116<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span>Furholt, M. (2021). Mobility and social differentiation in the European Neolithic. <\/span><em>Journal of Anthropological Archaeology<\/em><span>, 62, 101294. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jaa.2021.101294<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span>Skoglund, P., &amp; Mathieson, I. (2018). Ancient genomics and the peopling of the Americas. <\/span><em>Science<\/em><span>, 362(6419), eaav5447. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1126\/science.aav5447<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>High on the grassy ridgelines of Neolithic Ireland, where fog slips across stone like whispered memory, early farmers raised monuments that still loom over the living. Passage tombs like Newgrange and Knowth, older than the pyramids, have long been cast as the burial vaults of prehistoric kings and queens. 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