Mass Graves of Unetice Culture New Discoveries from Roudnice nad Labem (Litomerice District) and Chleby (Nymburk District) in the Czech Republic

The subject of the article is the processing and genetic analysis of two mass graves of the Unetice culture from Roudnice nad Labem and Chleby and their possible interpretation. Both graves date to the early period of the Unetice culture and they deviate from the typical framework of this period's burial rite primarily in the large number of identified buried individuals (18 and 15-18). A combined total of 15 individuals from both graves were subjected to DNA analysis (14 successfully) and the results were evaluated in the context of these graves possibly representing family tombs. However, based on the results of DNA analyses and identified biological kinship relationships, it was shown that in neither tomb did the buried individuals belong to a single biological family.