Isotope study suggests men and women had equal access to resources 6,000 years ago

Using isotope geochemistry, a team from the University of Geneva (UNIGE) has uncovered new information about the Barmaz necropolis in Valais (Switzerland): 14% of the people buried 6,000 years ago at this site were not locals. What’s more, the study suggests that this Middle Neolithic agropastoral society—one of the oldest known in the western part of Switzerland—was relatively egalitarian. Using isotope geochemistry, a team from the University of Geneva (UNIGE) has uncovered new information about the Barmaz necropolis in Valais (Switzerland): 14% of the people buried 6,000 years ago at this site were not locals. What’s more, the study suggests that this Middle Neolithic agropastoral society—one of the oldest known in the western part of Switzerland—was relatively egalitarian. Archaeology Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories