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T1 Bioarchaeological evidence of one of the earliest Islamic burials in the Levant
A1 Srigyan, Megha
A1 Bolívar, Héctor
A1 Ureña, Irene
A1 Santana, Jonathan
A1 Petersen, Andrew
A1 Iriarte Avilés, Eneko
A1 Kırdök, Emrah
A1 Bergfeldt, Nora
A1 Mora, Alice
A1 Jakobsson, Mattias
A1 Abdo, Khaled
A1 Braemer, Frank
A1 Smith, Colin Ian
A1 Ibáñez, Juan José .
A1 Götherström, Anders
A1 Günther, Torsten
A1 Valdiosera Morales, Cristina Eugenia
K1 Antropología física
K1 Physical anthropology
K1 Población
K1 Population
K1 Arqueología
K1 Archaeology
AB The Middle East plays a central role in human history harbouring a vast diversity of ethnic, cultural and religious groups. However, much remains to be understood about past and present genomic diversity in this region. Here we present a multidisciplinary bioarchaeological analysis of two individuals dated to the late 7th and early 8th centuries, the Umayyad Era, from Tell Qarassa, an open-air site in modern-day Syria. Radiocarbon dates and burial type are consistent with one of the earliest Islamic Arab burials in the Levant. Interestingly, we found genomic similarity to a genotyped group of modern-day Bedouins and Saudi rather than to most neighbouring Levantine groups. This study represents the genomic analysis of a secondary use site with characteristics consistent with an early Islamic burial in the Levant. We discuss our findings and possible historic scenarios in the light of forces such as genetic drift and their possible interaction with religious and cultural processes (including diet and subsistence practices).
PB Springer
YR 2022
FD 2022-06
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10259/11303
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10259/11303
LA eng
NO This work was funded by a grant from the Royal Physiographic Society of Lund (Nilsson-Ehle Endowments) to T.G. and C.V. and the La Trobe Internal Research grants to C.V. M.S. was part of the Erasmus Mundus Master Programme in Evolutionary Biology (MEME). C.V. is supported by a Ramón y Cajal grant (RYC2018-025223-I). T.G. is supported by a grant from the Swedish Research Council Vetenskapsrådet (2017-05267). M.J. and A.G. were supported by grants from the Swedish Research Council Vetenskapsrådet and the Knut and Alice Wallenberg foundation. J.S. is supported by a grant from Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (European Commission, no. GA 750460; H2020-MSCA-IF-2016) and a Ramón y Cajal grant (RYC2019-028346-I). The archaeological research at Tell Qarassa was supported by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (grant HAR2016-74999-P) and the Palarq Foundation.
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Burgos
RD 23-abr-2026