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Prehistoric mitochondrial DNA of domesticate animals supports a 13th century exodus from the northern US southwest

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Title
Prehistoric mitochondrial DNA of domesticate animals supports a 13th century exodus from the northern US southwest
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PLOS ONE, July 2017
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0178882
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Brian M. Kemp, Kathleen Judd, Cara Monroe, Jelmer W. Eerkens, Lindsay Hilldorfer, Connor Cordray, Rebecca Schad, Erin Reams, Scott G. Ortman, Timothy A. Kohler

Abstract

The 13th century Puebloan depopulation of the Four Corners region of the US Southwest is an iconic episode in world prehistory. Studies of its causes, as well as its consequences, have a bearing not only on archaeological method and theory, but also social responses to climate change, the sociology of social movements, and contemporary patterns of cultural diversity. Previous research has debated the demographic scale, destinations, and impacts of Four Corners migrants. Much of this uncertainty stems from the substantial differences in material culture between the Four Corners vs. hypothesized destination areas. Comparable biological evidence has been difficult to obtain due to the complete departure of farmers from the Four Corners in the 13th century CE and restrictions on sampling human remains. As an alternative, patterns of genetic variation among domesticated species were used to address the role of migration in this collapse. We collected mitochondrial haplotypic data from dog (Canis lupus familiaris) and turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) remains from archaeological sites in the most densely-populated portion of the Four Corners region, and the most commonly proposed destination area for that population under migration scenarios. Results are consistent with a large-scale migration of humans, accompanied by their domestic turkeys, during the 13th century CE. These results support scenarios that suggest contemporary Pueblo peoples of the Northern Rio Grande are biological and cultural descendants of Four Corners populations.

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 14 33%
Student > Doctoral Student 4 9%
Student > Master 3 7%
Researcher 3 7%
Lecturer 2 5%
Other 7 16%
Unknown 10 23%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Social Sciences 10 23%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 8 19%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 4 9%
Arts and Humanities 3 7%
Medicine and Dentistry 2 5%
Other 5 12%
Unknown 11 26%
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