Ancient DNA

The advent of the polymerase chain reaction as a standard molecular genetic technique and the demonstration that nucleic acids are routinely preserved in prehistoric material have led to a dramatic increase in molecular approaches to archaeological problems. These genetic approaches to long-standing problems in prehistory hold considerable promise to clarify issues of population origins, migrations, and settlement patterns, as well as ancestor/descendant relationships. The evolving methods for manipulating and analyzing ancient DNA (aDNA) are reviewed here, as are more recent applications of these methods to anthropologically relevant samples. In addition, new preliminary material is presented on mtDNA variation in Anasazi samples from the U.S. Southwest. The initial samples analyzed indicate similarity to contemporary populations of the Greater Southwest, as evidenced by the modest frequency of a 9bp deletion in Region V of the mtDNA molecule, and the possible absence of haplogroup D. © 1996 Wiley-Liss, Inc.

Ancient DNA · Archaeology · Biology · Descendant · Evolutionary biology · Gene · Genealogy · Genetic variation · Genotype · Haplogroup · Haplotype · Mitochondrial DNA · Population · Prehistory · Demography · Forensic and Genetic Research · Genetics · History · Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications · Race, Genetics, and Society

• Genetic Nature/Culture

  Open Access•Michael Hammond, Alan H Goodman et al.•The Canadian Journal of Sociology•2006

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• Absence of the 9-bp Deletion of Mitochondrial DNA in Pre-Hispanic Inhabitants of Argentina

  Darío Alfredo Demarchi, Graciela M Panzetta-Durtari et al.•Human Biology•2001

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• The Temporal Dynamics of the Fourteenth-Century Black Death

  James W Wood, Rebecca J Ferrell et al.•Human Biology•2003

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• Recovery of DNA and pollen from New Zealand lake sediments

  Open Access•Elizabeth Matisoo-Smith, Kelly Roberts et al.•Quaternary International•2008

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• Ancient mtDNA haplogroups

  Open Access•N Izaguirre, C De La Rúa et al.•International Journal of…•2002

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• The relationship of the Mimbres to other southwestern and Mexican populations

  Open Access•Meradeth Snow, Harry J Shafer et al.•Journal of Archaeological Science•2011

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• Molecular anthropology

  Open Access•K Ann Horsburgh•Journal of Archaeological Science•2015

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• A Basketmaker II Massacre Revisited

  Open Access•Jay W Palmer, Jay Palmer•North American Archaeologist•2001

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• Ancient DNA Studies in Physical Anthropology

  Dennis H O''Rourke, Dennis H O'Rourke et al.•Annual Review of Anthropology•2000

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• Excavation protocol of bone remains for Neandertal DNA analysis in El Sidrón Cave (Asturias, Spain)

  Open Access•Javier Fortea, Marco De La Rasilla Vives et al.•Journal of Human Evolution•2008

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• A Novel Application of Molecular Techniques to Pacific Archaeofish Remains

  Open Access•A Nicholls, A G Nicholls et al.•Archaeometry•2003

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• Technical note

  Open Access•Kijeong Kim, Kyung‐yong Kim et al.•American Journal of Physical…•2008

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• Ancient DNA in anthropology

  Open Access•Frederika A Kaestle, K Ann Horsburgh•American Journal of Physical…•2002

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• Context of maternal lineages in the greater Southwest

  Open Access•Shawn W Carlyle, Ryan L Parr et al.•American Journal of Physical…•2000

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• Ancient mitochondrial DNA evidence for prehistoric population movement

  Open Access•Frederika A Kaestle, David Glenn Smith•American Journal of Physical…•2001

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• Anthropological Applications of Ancient DNA

  Open Access•C J Mulligan•American Antiquity•2006

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• The First Americans

  Open Access•Joseph F Powell•First Americans•2005

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• Genetics, Geography, and Human Variation

  Dennis H O''Rourke, Dennis O'Rourke et al.•Human Biology•2012

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• Bioarchaeology

  Open Access•Clark Spencer Larsen•International Encyclopedia of the…•2015

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• Bioarchaeology

  Open Access•Clark Spencer Larsen•Journal of Archaeological Research•2002

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• Identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA in a pre-Columbian Peruvian mummy.

  Open Access•W L Salo, Arthur C Aufderheide et al.•Proceedings of the National…•1994

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• Instability and decay of the primary structure of DNA

  Open Access•Tomas Lindahl•Nature•1993

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• DNA extraction from Pleistocene bones by a silica-based purification method

  Open Access•Matthias Höss, Svante Pääbo•Nucleic Acids Research•1993

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• Molecular cloning of Ancient Egyptian mummy DNA

  Open Access•Svante Pääbo•Nature•1985

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• Sequence and organization of the human mitochondrial genome

  Open Access•S Anderson, Stephen K Anderson et al.•Nature•1981

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• Ancient DNA

  Open Access•Svante Pääbo•Proceedings of the National…•1989

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• Extensive mitochondrial diversity within a single Amerindian tribe.

  Open Access•R H Ward, Ryk Ward et al.•Proceedings of the National…•1991

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• Rapid and simple method for purification of nucleic acids

  Open Access•René Boom, C J Sol et al.•Journal of Clinical Microbiology•1990

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• DNA sequences from the quagga, an extinct member of the horse family

  Open Access•Russell Higuchi, Barbara H Bowman et al.•Nature•1984

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• Ancient DNA analysis of Fremont Amerindians of the Great Salt Lake Wetlands

  Open Access•Ryan L Parr, Ryan Parr et al.•American Journal of Physical…•1996

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• DNA preservation in Precolumbian remains from the American Southwest

  Open Access•N Shearin, N L Shearin et al.•Human Evolution•1989

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• Preservation of DNA in ancient Egyptian mummies

  Open Access•Svante Pääbo•Journal of Archaeological Science•1985

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• Recovery and analysis of human genetic material from mummified tissue and bone

  Open Access•Ingolf Thuesen, Jan Engberg•Journal of Archaeological Science•1990

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• Ancient DNA from a pre‐Columbian Amerindian population

  Open Access•Anne C Stone, M Stoneking•American Journal of Physical…•1993

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• Study of nucleic acids isolated from ancient remains

  Open Access•Peter K Rogan, Joseph J Salvo•American Journal of Physical…•1990

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• Molecular genetic methods in archaeology - A prospect

  Pääbo, Svante Pääbo•Anthropologischer Anzeiger•1987

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