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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Ancient DNA, Strontium isotopes, and osteological analyses shed light on social and kinship organization of the Later Stone Age |
Author: | Haak, W. Brandt, G. de Jong, H. Meyer, C. Ganslmeier, R. Heyd, V. Hawkesworth, C. Pike, A. Meller, H. Alt, K. |
Citation: | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA, 2008; 105(47):18226-18231 |
Publisher: | Natl Acad Sciences |
Issue Date: | 2008 |
ISSN: | 0027-8424 1091-6490 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Wolfgang Haak, Guido Brandt, Hylke N. de Jong, Christian Meyer, Robert Ganslmeier, Volker Heyd, Chris Hawkesworth, Alistair W. G. Pike, Harald Meller, and Kurt W. Alt |
Abstract: | In 2005 four outstanding multiple burials were discovered near Eulau, Germany. The 4,600-year-old graves contained groups of adults and children buried facing each other. Skeletal and artifactual evidence and the simultaneous interment of the individuals suggest the supposed families fell victim to a violent event. In a multidisciplinary approach, archaeological, anthropological, geochemical (radiogenic isotopes), and molecular genetic (ancient DNA) methods were applied to these unique burials. Using autosomal, mitochondrial, and Y-chromosomal markers, we identified genetic kinship among the individuals. A direct child-parent relationship was detected in one burial, providing the oldest molecular genetic evidence of a nuclear family. Strontium isotope analyses point to different origins for males and children versus females. By this approach, we gain insight into a Late Stone Age society, which appears to have been exogamous and patrilocal, and in which genetic kinship seems to be a focal point of social organization. |
Keywords: | burial rites Neolithic violence Corded Ware Culture exogamy |
DOI: | 10.1073/pnas.0807592105 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0807592105 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 5 Earth and Environmental Sciences publications Environment Institute publications |
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