In naming the dead

Autosomal and Y-chromosomal STR typing on human skeletal remains from an 18th/19th century aristocratic crypt in Gallspach, Upper Austria

Bibliographic Data

ID4784748
AuthorsReinhard Schwarz (University of Salzburg), Silvia Renhart (Beiersdorf (Germany)), Heinz Gruber (Federal Ministry of Social Affairs, Health, Care and Consumer Protection), Wolfgang Klimesch (0000-0002-4221-9401), Wolfgang Kli Mesch, Franz Neuhuber (0000-0002-2631-0731, University of Salzburg), Jan Cemper-Kiesslich (0000-0002-9108-0055, University of Salzburg)
Year2015
Volume72
Issue3
Pages335-346
Publication date2015-09-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAnthropologischer Anzeiger (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0003-5548 • E-ISSN: 2363-7099
PublisherS ch we iz er ba rt (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1127/anthranz/2015/0515
PMID25806829
OpenAlexW318012929
LanguageEN

Ancient DNA analyses have shown to be a powerful tool in the joint transdisciplinary assessment of archaeological records involving human remains. In this study we set out to identify single inhumations by synoptically evaluating the historical, archaeological, anthropological and molecular records on human remains from the crypt of the aristocratic family of Hoheneck (or: Hohenegg) dating to the 18(th) and 19(th) century AD. A total of 11 individuals were under investigation, yielding complete autosomal and Y-chromosomal STR profiles for 5 persons clearly showing a family group. DNA results, anthropological data and archaeological records taken together resulted in (almost) unambiguous correlation to historical records on the persons entombed in the crypt.

Ancient DNA · Archaeology · Art history · Biology · Character (mathematics) · Crypt · Evolutionary biology · Genealogy · Historical record · Sociology · Demography · Forensic and Genetic Research · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies · History · Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications

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