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Biomolecular Archaeology: Genetic Approaches to the Past The application of molecular genetics to the study of the human past
has grown in sophistication and in the range of topics influenced. The
projects presented in this volume are aimed at understanding the population
histories of the Americas, Africa, Europe, and the Pacific at local, regional,
and continental scales. Samples of analysis that are discussed come from
living humans, plants, animals, and skeletal remains. Anthropological
genetics holds great potential for exploring prehistory. These essays
demonstrate that recent advances and improvements in the laboratory, analytic
methods, and a more comprehensive understanding of human genetics provide
new avenues for revealing who we are, where we came from, how we organize
ourselves, how we are related to each other, and how we have changed over
time. Contents: 2. mtDNA Lineage Analysis: Genetic Affinities of the Kwäday Dän
Ts'inchi Remains with Other Native Americans 3. An Analysis of Ancient Aztec mtDNA from Tlatelolco: Pre-Columbian
Relations and the Spread of Uto-Aztecan 4. mtDNA Diversity at the Archaeological Site of Chen Chen in Peru 5. mtDNA Analysis of Mochica and Sicán Populations of Pre-Hispanic
Peru 6. Discerning the Origins of the Anasazi with mtDNA Haplogroups 7. Using Molecular Markers to Study Plant Domestication: The Case of
Cucurbita 8. mtDNA Analysis of a Nineteenth-Century African American Slave Cemetery
in Central Alabama 9. Genetic Diversity in Modern African Populations and Its Use for Reconstructing
Ancient and Modern Population Movements 10. Biomolecular Archaeology: Summary and Speculations 11. Ancient DNA: An Outsider’s View
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