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Abstract：
Cornaux/Les Sauges (Switzerland, Late Iron Age) revealed remnants of a wooden bridge, artifacts, and human and animal skeletal remains. The relationship between the collapsed structure and the skeletal material, whether it indicates a potential accident or cultural practices, remains elusive. We evaluate the most plausible scenario for Cornaux based on osteological, taphonomic, isotopic, and paleogenomic analysis of the recovered individuals. The latter amount to at least 20 individuals, mostly adult males. Perimortem lesions include only blunt force traumas. Radiocarbon data fall between the 3rd and 1st c. BCE, although in some cases predating available dendrochronological estimates from the bridge. Isotopic data highlight five to eight nonlocals. No close genetic relatedness links the analyzed skeletons. Paleogenomic results, the first for Iron Age Switzerland, point to a genetic affinity with other Central and Western European Iron Age groups. The type of skeletal lesions supports an accidental event as the more plausible explanation. Radiocarbon data and the demographic structure of the sample may suggest a sequence of different events possibly including executions and/or sacrifices. Isotopic and paleogenomic data, while not favoring one scenario over the other, do support earlier interpretations of the last centuries BCE in Europe as a dynamic period from a biocultural perspective.
摘要：
Cornaux/LesSauges（瑞士，铁器时代晚期）揭示了一座木桥的残留物，神器,以及人类和动物的骨骼遗骸。塌陷结构与骨架材料之间的关系，是否表明潜在的事故或文化习俗，仍然难以捉摸。我们根据骨学评估了Cornaux最合理的情况，营养学，同位素，和恢复个体的古基因组分析。后者至少有20个人，大多数是成年男性。死前病变仅包括钝器创伤。放射性碳数据落在第3和第1c之间。BCE，尽管在某些情况下早于桥梁的树木年代学估计。同位素数据突出了5到8个非本地人。分析的骨骼没有紧密的遗传相关性。古基因组学结果，第一个铁器时代的瑞士，指出与其他中欧和西欧铁器时代群体的遗传亲和力。骨骼病变的类型支持意外事件，这是更合理的解释。放射性碳数据和样本的人口结构可能表明一系列不同的事件，可能包括执行和/或牺牲。同位素和古基因组数据，虽然不赞成一种情况，从生物文化的角度来看，确实支持对欧洲过去几个世纪BCE作为一个动态时期的早期解释。
