Artek
08-28-2014, 11:03 PM
DNA Analysis on Biological Remains from Archaeological Findings -Sex Identification and Kinship Analysis on Skeletons from Mitterkirchen, Upper Austria
Abstract
The detection and characterisation of organic compounds, especially DNA (DeoxyribonucleicAcid), in historical and archaeological remains has become an important field among other scientific techniques applied to ancient findings (such as radiocarbon dating, dendrochronology or isotope analysis).
Reading the DNA sequence of genetic material preserved in aged biological matter allows us to gain information on anything that has manifested itself by means of DNA (sex, species, kinship, diseases, etc.)
We present a general overview on the technical procedure of ancient DNA analysis, a short guide to sample collection and storage, possible applications and a case report referring to the results of a preliminary study on skeletal remains from Mitterkirchen, Upper Austria.
http://www.waa.ox.ac.uk/XDB/images/world/tours/europe-763px-Hallstatt.jpg
Thesis is somewhat aged and long-lost to the armchair geneticists but here we go: http://www.landesmuseum.at/eisenzeiten/eisenzeiten%20I%20pdfs/Kiesslich.pdf (thesis itself, y-dna analysis was done some years later)
http://sonius.at/pdf/Sonius_07_WEB.pdf - yDNA analysis of HÜ-I/8 individual dated to 700 B.C. at page 5-6
Given the Y-STR profile obtained from the bones, an individual buried in a rich grave was found to have belonged to the haplogroup G2a !!
It's not as surprising, because this region has still maintained non-trivial G2a presence. With more samples tested, we would've found other haplogroups, especially R1b, I2 and E-V13.
700 B.C. was the moment of a timeframe, when y-chromosomal composition of some regions in Europe has started to cement, resulting in just little deviations when compared to modern distribution maps. Of course there are still many notable exceptions in that matter.
Abstract
The detection and characterisation of organic compounds, especially DNA (DeoxyribonucleicAcid), in historical and archaeological remains has become an important field among other scientific techniques applied to ancient findings (such as radiocarbon dating, dendrochronology or isotope analysis).
Reading the DNA sequence of genetic material preserved in aged biological matter allows us to gain information on anything that has manifested itself by means of DNA (sex, species, kinship, diseases, etc.)
We present a general overview on the technical procedure of ancient DNA analysis, a short guide to sample collection and storage, possible applications and a case report referring to the results of a preliminary study on skeletal remains from Mitterkirchen, Upper Austria.
http://www.waa.ox.ac.uk/XDB/images/world/tours/europe-763px-Hallstatt.jpg
Thesis is somewhat aged and long-lost to the armchair geneticists but here we go: http://www.landesmuseum.at/eisenzeiten/eisenzeiten%20I%20pdfs/Kiesslich.pdf (thesis itself, y-dna analysis was done some years later)
http://sonius.at/pdf/Sonius_07_WEB.pdf - yDNA analysis of HÜ-I/8 individual dated to 700 B.C. at page 5-6
Given the Y-STR profile obtained from the bones, an individual buried in a rich grave was found to have belonged to the haplogroup G2a !!
It's not as surprising, because this region has still maintained non-trivial G2a presence. With more samples tested, we would've found other haplogroups, especially R1b, I2 and E-V13.
700 B.C. was the moment of a timeframe, when y-chromosomal composition of some regions in Europe has started to cement, resulting in just little deviations when compared to modern distribution maps. Of course there are still many notable exceptions in that matter.