TY - JOUR

T1 - Kinship analysis of human remains from the Sargat mounds, Baraba forest-steppe, western Siberia

AU - Pilipenko, A. S.

AU - Cherdantsev, S. V.

AU - Trapezov, R. O.

AU - Molodin, V. I.

AU - Kobeleva, L. S.

AU - Pozdnyakov, D. V.

AU - Polosmak, N. V.

PY - 2017

Y1 - 2017

N2 - We present the results of a paleogenetic analysis of nine individuals from two Early Iron Age mounds in the Baraba forest-steppe, associated with the Sargat culture (five from Pogorelka-2, mound 8, and four from Vengerovo-6, mound 1). Four sys tems of genetic markers were analyzed: mitochondrial DNA, the polymorphic part of the amel ogenin gene, the auto somal STR-loci, and the STR-loci of the Y-chromosome. Complete or partial data, obtained for eight of the nine individuals, were subjected to kinship analysis. No direct relatives of the "parent-child" type were detected. However, the data indicate close paternal and maternal kinship among certain individuals. This was evidently one of the reasons why certain individuals were buried in a single mound. Paternal kinship appears to have been of greater importance. The diversity of mtDNA and Y-chromosome lineages among individuals from one and the same mound suggests that kinship was not the only motive behind burying the deceased people jointly. The presence of very similar, though not identical, variants of the Y-chromosome in different burial grounds may indicate the existence of groups such as clans, consisting of paternally related males. Our conclusions need further confirmation and detailed elaboration.

AB - We present the results of a paleogenetic analysis of nine individuals from two Early Iron Age mounds in the Baraba forest-steppe, associated with the Sargat culture (five from Pogorelka-2, mound 8, and four from Vengerovo-6, mound 1). Four sys tems of genetic markers were analyzed: mitochondrial DNA, the polymorphic part of the amel ogenin gene, the auto somal STR-loci, and the STR-loci of the Y-chromosome. Complete or partial data, obtained for eight of the nine individuals, were subjected to kinship analysis. No direct relatives of the "parent-child" type were detected. However, the data indicate close paternal and maternal kinship among certain individuals. This was evidently one of the reasons why certain individuals were buried in a single mound. Paternal kinship appears to have been of greater importance. The diversity of mtDNA and Y-chromosome lineages among individuals from one and the same mound suggests that kinship was not the only motive behind burying the deceased people jointly. The presence of very similar, though not identical, variants of the Y-chromosome in different burial grounds may indicate the existence of groups such as clans, consisting of paternally related males. Our conclusions need further confirmation and detailed elaboration.

KW - Ancient DNA

KW - Baraba forest-steppe

KW - Early Iron Age

KW - Kinship analysis

KW - Mitochondrial DNA

KW - Paleogenetics

KW - Sargat culture

KW - STRloci

KW - Uniparental genetic markers

KW - Y-chromosome

KW - uniparental genetic markers

KW - STR-loci

KW - kinship analysis

KW - mitochondrial DNA

KW - ancient DNA

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U2 - 10.17746/1563-0110.2017.45.4.132-142

DO - 10.17746/1563-0110.2017.45.4.132-142

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:85040254446

VL - 45

SP - 132

EP - 142

JO - Archaeology, Ethnology and Anthropology of Eurasia

JF - Archaeology, Ethnology and Anthropology of Eurasia

SN - 1563-0110

IS - 4

M1 - 14

ER -