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Comprehensive Site Chronology and Ancient Mitochondrial DNA Analysis from Verteba Cave |
Comprehensive Site Chronology and Ancient Mitochondrial DNA Analysis from Verteba Cave – a Trypillian Culture Site of Eneolithic Ukraine
Alexey G. Nikitin, Mykhailo P. Sokhatsky, Mykola M. Kovaliukh, Mykhailo Y. Videiko Interdisciplinaria Archaeologica 1(1-2): 9–18, 2010. Online First, 14 April 2011 http://www.iansa.eu/papers/IANSA-2010-01-02-nikitin.pdf This manuscript presents a study of a ritual site of the Trypillian Culture complex (tc) in western Ukraine where material artefacts are found side-by-side with human and animal remains. The organic content in pottery sherds made it possible to carbon date the ceramics found with bone remains, thus allowing a reference point for carbon dating bone collagen. this allowed us to develop a comprehensive chronology of the usage of the cave. Mitochondrial dna (mtdna) extracted from human remains shed additional light on the history of the site’s occupation by early agrarians on the territory of Ukraine.
P.16. “of the seven samples from which ancient mtdna were successfully retrieved five belong to the pre-HV branch of the r lineage of mtdna phylogenetic tree (torroni et al. 2006), and include one pre-HV specimen, two HV/V and two h specimens. the two remaining specimens belong to the Jt cluster of the mtdna phylogenetic tree (table 1). the chronologically oldest sample in the set belongs to the t4 haplogroup and the youngest sample to the J haplogroup (root sequence).”
p.17. “Verteba is a unique site of pre-historic human activity, which was almost continuously utilised by local trypillian groups for nearly a millennium. the site provides an unprecedented insight into the ritual practices of neolithic people in eastern europe. unlike most tc archaeological sites Verteba contains superbly preserved biological remains which can be examined in the context of material culture artefacts, aiding in a comprehensive understanding of the site’s legacy. the radiocarbon chronology presented in this report makes Verteba the most extensively dated tc site, and the aDNA information obtained makes Verteba the first tc site to provide insight into the genetic history of the tc inhabitants.” |