This study highlights the unexpected diversity in the genetic makeup of the Merovingian community in Koksijde, revealing interactions between North Sea Germanic and North Gaulish peoples.
According to professor Maarten Larmuseau, the Koksijde skeletons represent some of the oldest in Flanders for genetic studies post the Western Roman Empire’s fall.
The findings indicate that the Koksijde burial site was a melting pot of culturally distinct groups—North Sea Germanic and North Gaulish—coexisting and contributing to the region's history.
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