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EXPLORING MOBILITY PATTERNS AND BIOLOGICAL AFFINITIES IN THE SOUTHERN AEGEAN: FIRST INSIGHTS FROM EARLY BRONZE AGE EASTERN CRETE

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 September 2015

Sevi Triantaphyllou ,
Efthymia Nikita  and
Thomas Kador
Sevi Triantaphyllou*
Affiliation:
Department of History and Archaeology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Efthymia Nikita
Affiliation:
Fitch Laboratory, British School at Athens
Thomas Kador
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Bristol
*
strianta@hist.auth.gr
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Abstract

This paper presents the results of a pilot project which combines, for the first time, biodistance and strontium isotope analyses in the study of human skeletal remains from Early Bronze Age Crete (third millennium bc). Information from these analyses offers, in a direct way, insights into the biological distance, and consequently the gene flow and mobility patterns, among human populations in eastern Crete. The results are synthesised with the evidence of funerary practices in order to explore the nature of interaction among communities in eastern Crete. The biodistance analysis supports a strong genetic affinity between the populations represented at the two Kephala Petras skeletal assemblages, while the results of the available strontium isotope analysis favour their local origin; thus the combined results suggest the lack of significant population influx. The biological distance of the two chronologically contemporary populations at Livari-Skiadi, also manifesting completely different patterns of mortuary disposal, is of particular interest since it contrasts with the Petras situation and raises issues of intra-community distinctions, cultural and biological.

Ανθρώπινη κινητικότητα και βιολογικές συγγένειες στο νότιο Αιγαίο: μια πρώτη προσέγγιση στὴν ανατολική Κρήτη στὴν πρώιμη εποχή του Χαλκού

Το άρθρο παρουσιάζει τα αποτελέσματα ενός πιλοτικού ερευνητικού προγράμματος και συνδυάζει για πρώτη φορά τις βιολογικές αποστάσεις πληθυσμιακών ομάδων με τις αναλύσεις σταθερών ισοτόπων του στροντίου σε ανθρώπινα σκελετικά κατάλοιπα που προέρχονται από την Κρήτη στην Πρώιμη εποχή του Χαλκού (τρίτη χιλιετία π.Χ.). Οι συγκεκριμένες αναλύσεις προσφέρουν, με άμεσο τρόπο, μία πρώτη προσέγγιση στις βιολογικές αποστάσεις και επομένως στη γενετική ροή και στις ανθρώπινες μετακινήσεις στην ανατ. Κρήτη. Τα αποτελέσματα αυτά συνδυάζονται δε σε μία συζήτηση σε σχέση με τις ταφικές πρακτικές της περιόδου από την περιοχή αυτή, έτσι ώστε να διερευνηθεί ο χαρακτήρας της αλληλεπίδρασης των ανθρώπινων κοινοτήτων στην ανατ. Κρήτη. Τα αποτελέσματα των μετρήσεων των βιολογικών αποστάσεων συνιστούν την παρουσία ισχυρών συγγενικών σχέσεων στα δύο ταφικά σύνολα από τη θέση Κεφάλα Πετρά (βραχοσκεπή και ταφικό κτίριο 2) ενώ οι τιμές των σταθερών ισοτόπων του στροντίου υπογραμμίζουν την ντόπια καταγωγή των ανθρώπων από τα ίδια σύνολα, με αποτέλεσμα να διαπιστώνεται μία σχετική απουσία εισροής «ξένων» πληθυσμών. Οι βιολογικές αποστάσεις μεταξύ των δύο σύγχρονων χρονολογικά πληθυσμών από τη θέση Λιβάρι-Σκιάδι (θολωτός τάφος, και βραχοσκεπή) παρουσιάζουν ιδιαίτερο ενδιαφέρον και έρχονται σε αντίθεση με την περίπτωση στην Κεφάλα Πετρά καθώς εμφανίζονται σαφώς ενδείξεις ανομοιογένειας στη βιολογική συγγένεια των πληθυσμιακών ομάδων που συνάδουν με την επίσης διαφοροποιημένη εικόνα των ταφικών πρακτικών.

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Annual of the British School at Athens , Volume 110 , November 2015 , pp. 3 - 25
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