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A few more bits of information: according to the archaeological report the authors reference — Pinter et al. 2011. “Preliminary Research in Capidava Medieval Necropolis (Topalu com., Constanţa County).”Pontica — M3 (Female) and M4 (Male) were the only individuals who had grave goods, small bronze objects in both cases (ring, buttons.)
M3 was buried with a bronze ring bearing a pentagram, a symbol indicating she was probably a Bogomil.
M3 and M4 were both, according to Rusu et al., R0a2’3 and the authors of the genetic study suggest M3 and M4 were perhaps maternally related. That’s about as far as they go in speculating about these two samples.
Although M3 and M4 were the only ones in the group to have grave goods, they both had all the medical conditions mentioned in my previous post (to which you can add osteoarthritis, which I had omitted.) They clearly relied on a diet of grains, not fish or meat — One wonders from whom they were getting provisions.
That's about all we know about these individuals. Do they look like Bulgars to you?