Infant Burials in Dwellings at Chicha-1, in the Baraba Forest-Steppe

Results of Dna Analysis

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6037058
AutoresAlexandr Pilipenko (0000-0003-1009-2554), Maria A Ochir-Goryaeva (0000-0002-0210-7595), A S Pilipenko, A G Romaschenko, I Molodin, Viacheslav Molodin (0000-0002-3151-8457), I V Kulikov, Kulikov Vp (0000-0003-4869-5465), F Kobzev, V F Kobzev, В Ф Кобзев, D V Pozdnyakov (0000-0002-7984-0912), O I Novikova (0000-0002-8779-2084)
Año2008
Volumen34
Número2
Páginas57-67
Fecha de publicación2008-06-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaArchaeology Ethnology and Anthropology of Eurasia (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1563-0110 • E-ISSN: 1531-832X
EditorialInstitute of Archaeology and Ethnography SB RAS (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/j.aeae.2008.07.005
OpenAlexW1972961171
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas10
Referencias citadas18

In the 9th – 7th cent. BC, during the transition from the Bronze Age to the Iron Age, a large fortifi ed settlement existed at Chicha, in the Baraba forest-steppe. New features of social organization are evidenced by burials of infants in dwellings. In this article, reasons behind the choice of infants buried are addressed. Results of sex chromosomes DNA analysis indicate that most infants buried in dwellings were boys. The presence of different variants of mtDNA haplotypes within two pairs of infants buried in the same dwellings demonstrates the absence of direct maternal relationship. Some of the identifi ed haplotypes are rare in modern and ancient populations of the region while being rather frequent in areas situated to the south and southwest of Baraba (Western Central Asia, the Near East, and the Caucasus

Ancient DNA · Archaeology · Bronze Age · Geography · Population · Settlement (finance · Steppe · Forensic and Genetic Research · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies · Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research · Demography