TY - JOUR

T1 - An unusual burial of a xiongnu-sarmatian era warrior in the western siberian forest-steppe

T2 - Results of a paleogenetic analysis

AU - Pilipenko, A. S.

AU - Cherdantsev, S. V.

AU - Trapezov, R. O.

AU - Chikisheva, T. A.

AU - Pozdnyakov, D. V.

AU - Molodin, V. I.

PY - 2018/1/1

Y1 - 2018/1/1

N2 - This article presents the results of a paleogenetic study of the skeletal remains of a male from burial 688 at Sopka-2, in the Baraba forest-steppe. The artifacts, the burial rite, and the man's Central Asian Mongoloid physical type unambiguously indicate a foreigner. We analyzed the uniparental markers, such as mitochondrial DNA (HVR I sequence, and informative positions in the coding part ofmtDNA) and Y-chromosome (allelic profile ofl 7 STR-loci). The male's mtDNA belongs to the East Eurasian haplogroup D4bl, and his Y-chromosome haplogroup Q (Qla) is likewise East Eurasian. Thus, the individual's eastern origin has been established, consistent with his physical type. The phylogeographic analysis, using data on ancient and modern populations of Eurasia, revealed the presence of the East Eurasian D4bl-haplogroup both in the eastern and western Eurasian steppes. Importantly, it was present in Scythians of the Northern Pontic area. Genetic data, then, do not allow us to locate the region whence the individual had migrated to Baraba. We propose a scenario that explains the disagreement between the paleogenetic and the craniometrical evidence, indicating eastern origin, on the one hand, and the predominantly western (Sarmato-Alanian) parallels to the grave goods, on the other. We discuss the possibilities and limitations of the paleogenetic approach to reconstructing the origins of ancient individuals.

AB - This article presents the results of a paleogenetic study of the skeletal remains of a male from burial 688 at Sopka-2, in the Baraba forest-steppe. The artifacts, the burial rite, and the man's Central Asian Mongoloid physical type unambiguously indicate a foreigner. We analyzed the uniparental markers, such as mitochondrial DNA (HVR I sequence, and informative positions in the coding part ofmtDNA) and Y-chromosome (allelic profile ofl 7 STR-loci). The male's mtDNA belongs to the East Eurasian haplogroup D4bl, and his Y-chromosome haplogroup Q (Qla) is likewise East Eurasian. Thus, the individual's eastern origin has been established, consistent with his physical type. The phylogeographic analysis, using data on ancient and modern populations of Eurasia, revealed the presence of the East Eurasian D4bl-haplogroup both in the eastern and western Eurasian steppes. Importantly, it was present in Scythians of the Northern Pontic area. Genetic data, then, do not allow us to locate the region whence the individual had migrated to Baraba. We propose a scenario that explains the disagreement between the paleogenetic and the craniometrical evidence, indicating eastern origin, on the one hand, and the predominantly western (Sarmato-Alanian) parallels to the grave goods, on the other. We discuss the possibilities and limitations of the paleogenetic approach to reconstructing the origins of ancient individuals.

KW - Eurasian Steppe Belt

KW - Migrations

KW - Mitochondrial DNA

KW - Str-Markers

KW - Western Siberia

KW - Xiongnu-Sarmatian Era

KW - Y-Chromosome

KW - Eurasian steppe belt

KW - ANCIENT DNA

KW - MITOCHONDRIAL-DNA

KW - migrations

KW - STR-markers

KW - Y-chromosome

KW - DIVERSITY

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U2 - 10.17746/1563-0110.2018.46.4.123-131

DO - 10.17746/1563-0110.2018.46.4.123-131

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:85069005053

VL - 46

SP - 123

EP - 131

JO - Archaeology, Ethnology and Anthropology of Eurasia

JF - Archaeology, Ethnology and Anthropology of Eurasia

SN - 1563-0110

IS - 4

M1 - 15

ER -