TY - JOUR
T1 - Biological sex estimation using ancient DNA in Classic Maya contexts
T2 - some findings from Naachtun (Guatemala)
AU - Goudiaby, Hemmamuthé
AU - Roca-Rada, Xavier
AU - Kassdjikova, Kalina
AU - Fehren-Schmitz, Lars
AU - Llamas, Bastien
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - Recent advances in paleogenomics have opened up new prospects for the study of ancient burial customs and social structures. In this note, we report on the first results of a program now under way in a small residential compound in Naachtun, Guatemala (numbered 5N6). From the burials discovered on the site, a pilot group of seven individuals was selected for DNA analysis. The ancient DNA analysed showed that female individuals are predominant among the dead in this small group, thus highlighting its potential for genetic sexing as well as the reliability of osteological methods for sex estimation. These results out-line new horizons for the discipline.
AB - Recent advances in paleogenomics have opened up new prospects for the study of ancient burial customs and social structures. In this note, we report on the first results of a program now under way in a small residential compound in Naachtun, Guatemala (numbered 5N6). From the burials discovered on the site, a pilot group of seven individuals was selected for DNA analysis. The ancient DNA analysed showed that female individuals are predominant among the dead in this small group, thus highlighting its potential for genetic sexing as well as the reliability of osteological methods for sex estimation. These results out-line new horizons for the discipline.
KW - ancient DNA
KW - Ancient Maya
KW - household archaeology
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85194195602&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.4000/BMSAP.13952
DO - 10.4000/BMSAP.13952
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85194195602
SN - 0037-8984
VL - 36
SP - 79
EP - 95
JO - Bulletins et Memoires de la Societe d'Anthropologie de Paris
JF - Bulletins et Memoires de la Societe d'Anthropologie de Paris
IS - 1
ER -