The 12th century communities illuminates the genetic makeup in the southwest finland

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Abstract author(s): Saari, Nelli-Johanna (University of Helsinki, Department of Philosophy, History, Culture and Art Studies; Max
Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Department of Archaeogenetics; University of Helsinki, Faculty of Biological
and Environmental Sciences, Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme) - Majander, Kerttu (Institute of Evolutionary Medicine,
University of Zurich; Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Department of Archaeogenetics)
- Salmela, Elina (University of Helsinki, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Organismal and Evolutionary Biology
Research Programme; Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Department of Archaeogenetics; University of
Turku, Department of Biology) - Krause, Johannes (Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Department of Archaeogenetics) -
Onkamo, Päivi (University of Helsinki, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Organismal and Evolutionary
Biology Research Programme; University of Turku, Department of Biology)

Abstract format: Poster

Southwest Finland has rich Late Iron Age archaeological records that show diverse cultural and trade networks. Ancient DNA analyses
from human remains, however, have remained scarce due to the acidic Finnish soil that leads to a rapid decay of bone material.
Two large inhumation burial grounds from the Crusade Period (1050–1150 CE) in Southwest Finland, Raisio Kansakoulunmäki and
Masku Humikkala, represent the transition period towards Christianity. The favourable skeletal preservation on these sites offers a
possibility to analyse the genetic structure of the Iron Age communities behind the burial context. Combining this genetic data to
other periodically and regionally close individuals enables an in-depth examination of the population history of Late Iron Age Southwest Finland.
In this archaeogenetic study we investigate the genetic composition of altogether 29 individuals, 14 from Kansakoulunmäki and
15 from Humikkala. A closer analysis of kinship patterns and genetic ancestry provides comprehensive information of the Late
Iron Age communities, such as family relations and patrilocality. All samples in this study have been processed in dedicated cleanroom facilities.
Ancient DNA libraries have been enriched for ancestry-informative markers in human DNA, and the data retrieved
with high-throughput next-generation sequencing. The preliminary results for seven Raisio Kansakoulunmäki individuals indicate a
genetic continuity with contemporary Finnish populations. Our current analyses intend to provide a detailed view of the ancestry
components, kinship and genetic affinities for all successful samples.


SOURCE:

https://eaa.klinkhamergroup.com/eaa2020/full_paper/files/2647/NJS_EAA2020_poster_updated_final_pdf.pdf




Sample ID Sample Individual information Called SNPs Burial Osteological Genetic MT hg Y hg Radiocarbon age (BP)
RK2002 Petrous part Mature adult (35-64) 260.771 F F? F H5b2 NA 828±27 BP
RK2003 Petrous part Young adult (18-44) 166.090 NA NA F H27a NA 937±28 BP
RK2004 Petrous part Infant (2-3 years) 354.779 NA NA F H3h1 NA 988±28 BP
RK2006 Petrous part Juvenile (9-11) 114.529 NA F F H27a NA 950±28 BP
RK2007 Petrous part Mature adult (35-64) 16.998 F F? F NA NA 995±24 BP
RK2009 Petrous part Young adult (18-44) 385.637 F M? F U5b1 NA 924±28 BP
RK3005 Petrous part Juvenile (12 years) 205.527 NA F? M T1a1 N1a1a1a1a 772±28 BP
RKA001 Petrous part Young adult (18-44) 102.282 NA M? M A12a N1a1a1a1a 871±30 BP
 

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