Life and death in early colonial Campeche
New insights from ancient DNA
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3536274 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tiesler (0000-0003-0532-5819, Autonomous University of Yucatán, corresponding author), Vera Tiesler, Jakob W Sedig (0000-0001-6642-7734, Harvard University), Jakob Sedig, Nathan Nakatsuka (0000-0002-5091-4914, Harvard University), Swapan Mallick (0000-0002-6851-5022, Broad Institute), Iosif Lazaridis (0000-0002-4094-9347, Harvard University), Rebecca Bernardos (0000-0003-4625-3727, Harvard University), Nasreen Broomandkhoshbacht (0000-0001-5350-1608, Howard Hughes Medical Institute), Joe Oppenheimer (0000-0001-7973-6173, Howard Hughes Medical Institute), Jonas Oppenheimer, Ann Marie Lawson (0000-0003-0990-2329, Howard Hughes Medical Institute), Kristin Stewardson (Howard Hughes Medical Institute), Nadin Rohland (0000-0002-8112-9601, Harvard University), D J Kennett (0000-0001-6144-7365, University of California, Santa Barbara), T D Price (0000-0001-5951-5621, University of Wisconsin–Madison), David Reich (0000-0002-7037-5292, Broad Institute) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 96 |
| Issue | 388 |
| Pages | 937-954 |
| Publication date | 2022-08-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Antiquity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-598X • E-ISSN: 1745-1744 |
| Publisher | Antiquity Publications (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.15184/aqy.2022.79 |
| PMID | 39635427 |
| OpenAlex | W4285085313 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 24 |
Campeche, one of the Spanish Empire's main Mexican ports, was a place where previously distinct cultures and populations intermingled during the colonial era (AD 1540-1680). Investigation of the town's central plaza revealed a Hispanic cemetery of multi-ethnic burials. The authors combine previous analyses with newly generated genome-wide data from 10 individuals to trace detailed life histories of the mostly young, local Indigenous Americans and first-generation European and African immigrants, none of whom show evidence of genetic admixture. These results provide insights into the individual lives and social divides of the town's founder communities and demonstrate how ancient DNA analyses can contribute to understanding early colonial encounters
Ancient DNA · Ancient history · Archaeology · Biology · Colonialism · Empire · Ethnic group · Ethnology · Genealogy · Geography · Immigration · Indigenous · Sociology · TRACE (psycholinguistics) · Anthropology · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Cuban History and Society · Demography · Ecology · Forensic and Genetic Research · History
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| Citations per year | 1 |
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| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |