Cranial variation in the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands

Inferences about the history of the population

Dados Bibliográficos

ID8311318
AutoresC Lalueza Fox (0000-0003-4329-4056, Department of Animal Health, autor correspondente), Antonio González‐martín (0000-0003-0276-0778), A González Martín, S Vives Civit, Sergi Civit (0000-0002-2511-4579, Universitat de Barcelona)
Ano1996
Volume99
Fascículo3
Páginas413-428
Data de publicação1996-03-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAmerican Journal of Physical Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0002-9483 • E-ISSN: 1096-8644
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/(sici)1096-8644(199603)99:3<413::aid-ajpa4>3.0.co;2-x
PMID8850182
OpenAlexW2107434177
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas9
Referências citadas18

A multivariate analysis of four prehistoric and nine historic populations from the Iberian Peninsula and Balearic Islands with large sample sizes (n > 30 individuals for the neurocranium and n > 15 for the facial skeleton) is presented, considering 874 male and 557 female skulls and using 20 craniometric measurements. Cluster analyses have been undertaken using the squared Euclidean distance as a measure of proximity and the average linkage between groups (UPGMA), and neighbor-joining algorithms as a branching method, and a bootstrap analysis was used to assess the robustness of the clustering topology. The study was complemented with a principal coordinate analysis and with the application of the Mantel test to measure the degree of correspondence between the information furnished by the female and the male samples. The analyses show that the main source of morphometric variability in the Iberian Peninsula is the Basque population. The second source of variation is provided by two populations (Muslims and Jews), different from the rest from an archaeological and cultural point of view, and can probably be attributed to influences from sub-Saharan Africa. The massive deportations of the Jews in 1492 and of the Moors between the 15th and 17th centuries may have erased this source of variability from the present population of the Iberian Peninsula. The remaining studied populations, including samples from Castile, Cantabria, Andalusia, Catalonia and Balearic Islands, are grouped together, showing a notable morphological homogeneity, despite their temporal and geographic heterogeneity. These results are in general agreement with those obtained in synthetic maps, by analyzing multiple genetic markers. In such studies, the Basque population is described as the main source of genetic variability, not only in the Iberian Peninsula, but also in Western Europe.

Archaeology · Cartography · Geography · Peninsula · Population · Principal component analysis · Statistics · Demography · Forensic and Genetic Research · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies · Mathematics · Paleopathology and ancient diseases