Stone Age

Iron Gates Mesolithic

Riverine foragers of the Danube gorge, famous for the Lepenski Vir settlements and a distinctive mix of eastern and western hunter-gatherer ancestry.

Period: Mesolithic (c. 9,500–6,000 BCE)
Region: the Danube's Iron Gates gorge (Serbia and Romania)
Samples: 55
Groups: 8

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Archaeological groups included

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Notable Iron Gates Mesolithic samples

Showing 55 of 55 individuals.

Related populations

Linear Pottery Culture (LBK)Early Neolithic (c. 5,500–4,500 BCE)Çatalhöyük & Anatolian NeolithicNeolithic (c. 7,100–5,700 BCE)Samara EneolithicEneolithic (c. 5,200–4,000 BCE)StarčevoEarly Neolithic (c. 6,200–5,200 BCE)