Ancient DNA study of the remains of putative infanticide victims from the Yewden Roman villa site at Hambleden, England

被引：12

作者：

Hassan, Naglaa Abu-Mandil ^{[1
,2
]}

Brown, Ken I. A. ^{[1
]}

Eyers, Jill ^{[3
]}

Brown, Terence A. ^{[1
]}

Mays, Simon ^{[4
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Manchester, Fac Life Sci, Manchester Inst Biotechnol, Manchester M1 7DN, Lancs, England

[2] Natl Res Ctr, Cairo, Egypt

[3] Chiltern Archaeol, High Wycombe HP14 3LG, Bucks, England

[4] English Heritage, Portsmouth PO4 9LD, Hants, England

来源：

JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE | 2014年 / 43卷

关键词：

aDNA; Sex determination; Amelogenin; mtDNA; Kinship; ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES; IDENTIFICATION; MORTALITY; SEQUENCE; BRITAIN; SEX;

D O I：

10.1016/j.jas.2013.12.017

中图分类号：

Q98 [人类学];

学科分类号：

030303 ;

摘要：

Previous analysis of the perinatal infant burials from Romano-British Yewden villa, Hambleden, indicated the practice of infanticide at that site. We attempted to determine whether this practice was specifically targeted at one sex or other by determining the sex of the infants using analysis of fragments of the amelogenin gene. We also analysed mtDNA in order to shed light on aspects of kinship. Thirty-three infants were analysed, and sex was successfully identified in 12. Seven were female, five male. No two infants shared identical mtDNA polymorphisms, indicating that all came from different mothers. Taken together with previous DNA results from perinatal remains from Romano-British sites where infanticide has been identified, they provide no evidence that manipulation of the sex ratio was a motivation for infanticide in Roman Britain. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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页码：192 / 197

页数：6

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