Understanding Early Bronze Age social structure through mortuary remains: A pilot aDNA study from Titriş Höyük, southeastern Turkey

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 338-351

  Matney, T ^a   Algaze, G ^b   Dulik, M C ^c   Erdal, O D ^d   Erdal, Y S ^d   Gokcumen, O ^e   Lorenz, J ^f   Mergen, H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatolia; Ancient DNA; Archaeology; Early Bronze Age; Mortuary practices; MtDNA; Urbanism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861790048     PISSN: 1047482X     EISSN: 10991212     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oa.1213     Document Type: Article

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