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Archaeogenomic evidence reveals prehistoric matrilineal dynasty
For societies with writing systems, hereditary leadership is documented as one of the hallmarks of early political complexity and governance. In contrast, it is unknown whether hereditary succession played a role in the early formation of prehistoric complex societies that lacked writing. Here we us...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5321759/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28221340 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14115 |
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author | Kennett, Douglas J. Plog, Stephen George, Richard J. Culleton, Brendan J. Watson, Adam S. Skoglund, Pontus Rohland, Nadin Mallick, Swapan Stewardson, Kristin Kistler, Logan LeBlanc, Steven A. Whiteley, Peter M. Reich, David Perry, George H. |
author_facet | Kennett, Douglas J. Plog, Stephen George, Richard J. Culleton, Brendan J. Watson, Adam S. Skoglund, Pontus Rohland, Nadin Mallick, Swapan Stewardson, Kristin Kistler, Logan LeBlanc, Steven A. Whiteley, Peter M. Reich, David Perry, George H. |
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description | For societies with writing systems, hereditary leadership is documented as one of the hallmarks of early political complexity and governance. In contrast, it is unknown whether hereditary succession played a role in the early formation of prehistoric complex societies that lacked writing. Here we use an archaeogenomic approach to identify an elite matriline that persisted between 800 and 1130 CE in Chaco Canyon, the centre of an expansive prehistoric complex society in the Southwestern United States. We show that nine individuals buried in an elite crypt at Pueblo Bonito, the largest structure in the canyon, have identical mitochondrial genomes. Analyses of nuclear genome data from six samples with the highest DNA preservation demonstrate mother–daughter and grandmother–grandson relationships, evidence for a multigenerational matrilineal descent group. Together, these results demonstrate the persistence of an elite matriline in Chaco for ∼330 years. |
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spelling | pubmed-53217592017-03-01 Archaeogenomic evidence reveals prehistoric matrilineal dynasty Kennett, Douglas J. Plog, Stephen George, Richard J. Culleton, Brendan J. Watson, Adam S. Skoglund, Pontus Rohland, Nadin Mallick, Swapan Stewardson, Kristin Kistler, Logan LeBlanc, Steven A. Whiteley, Peter M. Reich, David Perry, George H. Nat Commun Article For societies with writing systems, hereditary leadership is documented as one of the hallmarks of early political complexity and governance. In contrast, it is unknown whether hereditary succession played a role in the early formation of prehistoric complex societies that lacked writing. Here we use an archaeogenomic approach to identify an elite matriline that persisted between 800 and 1130 CE in Chaco Canyon, the centre of an expansive prehistoric complex society in the Southwestern United States. We show that nine individuals buried in an elite crypt at Pueblo Bonito, the largest structure in the canyon, have identical mitochondrial genomes. Analyses of nuclear genome data from six samples with the highest DNA preservation demonstrate mother–daughter and grandmother–grandson relationships, evidence for a multigenerational matrilineal descent group. Together, these results demonstrate the persistence of an elite matriline in Chaco for ∼330 years. Nature Publishing Group 2017-02-21 /pmc/articles/PMC5321759/ /pubmed/28221340 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14115 Text en Copyright © 2017, The Author(s) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in the credit line; if the material is not included under the Creative Commons license, users will need to obtain permission from the license holder to reproduce the material. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
spellingShingle | Article Kennett, Douglas J. Plog, Stephen George, Richard J. Culleton, Brendan J. Watson, Adam S. Skoglund, Pontus Rohland, Nadin Mallick, Swapan Stewardson, Kristin Kistler, Logan LeBlanc, Steven A. Whiteley, Peter M. Reich, David Perry, George H. Archaeogenomic evidence reveals prehistoric matrilineal dynasty |
title | Archaeogenomic evidence reveals prehistoric matrilineal dynasty |
title_full | Archaeogenomic evidence reveals prehistoric matrilineal dynasty |
title_fullStr | Archaeogenomic evidence reveals prehistoric matrilineal dynasty |
title_full_unstemmed | Archaeogenomic evidence reveals prehistoric matrilineal dynasty |
title_short | Archaeogenomic evidence reveals prehistoric matrilineal dynasty |
title_sort | archaeogenomic evidence reveals prehistoric matrilineal dynasty |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5321759/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28221340 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14115 |
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