Archaeogenetics of Late Iron Age Cemialo Srt, Batman: Investigating maternal genetic continuity in north Mesopotamia since the Neolithic

Yaka R., Birand A., Yilmaz Y., Caner C., Acan S. C., Gunduzalp S., ...Daha Fazla

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, cilt.166, sa.1, ss.196-207, 2018 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 166 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2018
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1002/ajpa.23423
  • Dergi Adı: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.196-207
  • İstanbul Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

ObjectivesNorth Mesopotamia has witnessed dramatic social change during the Holocene, but the impact of these events on its demographic history is poorly understood. Here, we study this question by analysing genetic data from the recently excavated Late Iron Age settlement of Cemialo Srt in Batman, southeast Turkey. Archaeological and radiocarbon evidence indicate that the site was inhabited during the second and first millennia BCE. Cemialo Srt reveals nomadic items of the Early Iron Age, as well as items associated with the Late Achaemenid and subsequent Hellenistic Periods. We compare Cemialo Srt mitochondrial DNA profiles with earlier and later populations from west Eurasia to describe genetic continuity patterns in the region.