The presence of nuclear families in prehistoric collective burials revisited: The bronze age burial of montanissell cave (Spain) in the light of aDNA

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 146, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 406-413

  Simón, Marc ^a   Jordana, Xavier ^a   Armentano, Nuria ^a   Santos, Cristina ^a   Díaz, Nancy ^a   Solórzano, Eduvigis ^a   López, Joan B ^b   González Ruiz, Mercedes ^a   Malgosa, Assumpció ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

Author keywords

amelogenin; ancient remains; haplogroup J; mtDNA

Indexed keywords

ANCIENT DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; BONE; CHILD; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; MATING; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; POSTHUMOUS CARE; RADIOMETRIC DATING; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEX DETERMINATION; SKELETON; SPAIN; SRY GENE; TOOTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; ARCHAEOLOGY; BAYES THEOREM; BONE AND BONES; CAVES; CEMETERIES; CHILD; DNA; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; HAPLOTYPES; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR FAMILY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RADIOMETRIC DATING; SPAIN; TOOTH;

EID: 80054108988     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21590     Document Type: Article

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