Gutenberg Open Science: Biological and substitute parents in Beaker period adult

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dc.contributor.author	Zedda, Nicoletta	-
dc.contributor.author	Meheux, Katie	-
dc.contributor.author	Blöcher, Jens	-
dc.contributor.author	Diekmann, Yoan	-
dc.contributor.author	Gorelik, Alexander V.	-
dc.contributor.author	Kalle, Martin	-
dc.contributor.author	Klein, Kevin	-
dc.contributor.author	Titze, Anna-Lena	-
dc.contributor.author	Winkelbach, Laura	-
dc.contributor.author	Naish, Elise	-
dc.contributor.author	Brou, Laurent	-
dc.contributor.author	Valotteau, François	-
dc.contributor.author	Le Brun-Ricalens, Foni	-
dc.contributor.author	Burger, Joachim	-
dc.contributor.author	Brami, Maxime	-
dc.date.accessioned	2023-12-15T10:44:43Z	-
dc.date.available	2023-12-15T10:44:43Z	-
dc.date.issued	2023	-
dc.identifier.uri	https://openscience.ub.uni-mainz.de/handle/20.500.12030/9821	-
dc.description.abstract	Joint inhumations of adults and children are an intriguing aspect of the shift from collective to single burial rites in third millennium BC Western Eurasia. Here, we revisit two exceptional Beaker period adult–child graves using ancient DNA: Altwies in Luxembourg and Dunstable Downs in Britain. Ancestry modelling and patterns of shared IBD segments between the individuals examined, and contemporary genomes from Central and Northwest Europe, highlight the continental connections of British Beakers. Although simultaneous burials may involve individuals with no social or biological ties, we present evidence that close blood relations played a role in shaping third millennium BC social systems and burial practices, for example a biological mother and her son buried together at Altwies. Extended family, such as a paternal aunt at Dunstable Downs, could also act as ‘substitute parents’ in the grave. Hypotheses are explored to explain such simultaneous inhumations. Whilst intercommunity violence, infectious disease and epidemics may be considered as explanations, they fail to account for both the specific, codified nature of this particular form of inhumation, and its pervasiveness, as evidenced by a representative sample of 131 adult–child graves from 88 sites across Eurasia, all dating to the third and second millennia BC.	en_GB
dc.language.iso	eng	de
dc.rights	CC BY	*
dc.rights.uri	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/	*
dc.subject.ddc	570 Biowissenschaften	de_DE
dc.subject.ddc	570 Life sciences	en_GB
dc.subject.ddc	930 Alte Geschichte	de_DE
dc.subject.ddc	930 History of ancient world	en_GB
dc.title	Biological and substitute parents in Beaker period adult–child graves	en_GB
dc.type	Zeitschriftenaufsatz	de
dc.identifier.doi	http://doi.org/10.25358/openscience-9803	-
jgu.type.dinitype	article	en_GB
jgu.type.version	Published version	de
jgu.type.resource	Text	de
jgu.organisation.department	FB 07 Geschichts- u. Kulturwissensch.	de
jgu.organisation.department	FB 10 Biologie	de
jgu.organisation.number	7930	-
jgu.organisation.number	7970	-
jgu.organisation.name	Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz	-
jgu.rights.accessrights	openAccess	-
jgu.journal.title	Scientific reports	de
jgu.journal.volume	13	de
jgu.pages.alternative	18765	de
jgu.publisher.year	2023	-
jgu.publisher.name	Macmillan Publishers Limited, part of Springer Nature	de
jgu.publisher.place	London	de
jgu.publisher.issn	2045-2322	de
jgu.organisation.place	Mainz	-
jgu.subject.ddccode	570	de
jgu.subject.ddccode	930	de
jgu.publisher.doi	10.1038/s41598-023-45612-3	de
jgu.organisation.ror	https://ror.org/023b0x485	-
jgu.subject.dfg	Lebenswissenschaften	de
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