Archaeogenetics Beyond Kinship : The Iron Age intramural Child Burials of Northern Iberia
Risch, Robert (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Prehistòria)
Papac, Luka (Max-Planck-Institut für Evolutionäre Anthropologie)
Peres, Marcello (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Prehistòria)
de Miguel Ibáñez, Patxuka (University of Alicante’s Institute for Research in Archaeology and Historical Heritage)
Rohrlach, Adam Benjamin (Max-Planck-Institut für Evolutionäre Anthropologie)
Armendáriz, Javier (Universidad de Navarra. Departamento de Humanidades y Educación)
Schiffels, Stephan

Imprint:	Leiden : Sidestone Press, 2025
Description:	19 pàg.
Abstract:	This chapter addresses the long-lasting custom of placing infant (perinatal and natal) burials inside dwellings in the northern half of Iberia during protohistory. The authors use archaeogenomics and statistical tools to identify consanguineous relationships ("biological kinship") between a sample of analyzed infant individuals from several Early Iron Age villages in the Ebro basin. Genomic results indicate that these individuals had been selected and buried, presumably, for their unusual features, such as trisomies, Down's and Edwards' syndromes or for being twins. This case study demonstrates how archaeogenetics combined with highly detailed contextual information can provide hypotheses on the reasons for different burial treatments and how genetic data can be used to shed new light on the social groupings attached to residential buildings.
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Capítol de llibre ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject:	Settlement archaeology ; ADN ; Perinatal burial ; Chromosomal trisomy ; Paleodemography ; Early Iron Age ; Iron Age ; Iron Age Navarra ; Intramural child burials
Published in:	A Social Archaeology of Kinship in Iberia and Beyond. Recent Multistranded Approaches from aDNA to Household Archaeology, 2025, p. 159-177, ISBN 978-94-6426-406-7

DOI: 10.59641/m3p9j0k1l2

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