Preservation of ancient DNA in human bones from the eneolithic and Bronze Age kurgan cemeteres in Yampil region, Ukraine
Vol. 22 (2017), Artykuły
Vol. 22 (2017)

Preservation of ancient DNA in human bones from the eneolithic and Bronze Age kurgan cemeteres in Yampil region, Ukraine

Artykuły
https://doi.org/10.1515/bps-2017-0021
Published 2017-06-01
Maciej Chyleński
Department of History and Methodology of Prehistory, Institute of Archaeology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Umultowska 89D, 61-614 Poznań, Poland
Poland
Anna Juras
Department of Human Evolutionary Biology, Institute of Anthropology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Umultowska 89d, 61-614 Poznań, Poland
Poland
Danuta Żurkiewicz
Department of Prehistory of Central and Eastern Europe, Institute of Archaeology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Umultowska 89D, 61-614 Poznań, Poland
Poland
Michał Jankowski
Department of Soil Science and Landscape Management, Faculty of Earth Sciences, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Lwowska 1, 87-100 Toruń, Poland
Poland
Piotr Włodarczak
Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of Polish Academy of Sciences, Centre for Mountains and Uplands Archaeology, Sławkowska 17, 31-016 Kraków, Poland
Poland
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Keywords

ancient DNA
Middle Dniester Area
barrows

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Chyleński, M., Juras, A., Żurkiewicz, D., Jankowski, M., & Włodarczak, P. (2017). Preservation of ancient DNA in human bones from the eneolithic and Bronze Age kurgan cemeteres in Yampil region, Ukraine. Baltic-Pontic Studies, 22, 54–63. https://doi.org/10.1515/bps-2017-0021
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Abstract

Ancient DNA was analyzed in altogether 28 Late Eneolithic and Bronze Age human skeletons form 4 sites in southern Ukraine. More than 0,3% of human DNA was preserved only in 13 skeletons. The results of our analyses provide evidence that recovery of DNA molecules suitable for genetic analyses is more dependent on the specificity of the archaeological site and is not strongly correlated with particular environmental factors.

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