Archaeology, Ethnology & Anthropology of Eurasia 40 (4) 2012

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An Analysis of Mitochondrial DNA from the Pakhomovskaya Population of the Late Bronze Age, Western Siberia

V.I. Molodin, A.S. Pilipenko, A.A. Zhuravlev, R.O. Trapezov, and A.G. Romaschenko.

This article presents the results of an analysis of mitochondrial DNA extracted from bone samples from Stary Sad – a burial ground representing the eastern variant of the Late Bronze Age Pakhomovskaya culture in the Baraba forest-steppe, Western Siberia. Comparison with mitochondrial DNA data from earlier populations of the region and also with archaeological facts, points to the origins of the Pakhomovskaya people. Certain components of their gene pool were evidently derived from the local pre-Andronovo populations, others from the actual Andronovo (Fedorovka) population and also from later immigrants. In this article an integrative reconstruction based on biological and cultural facts is proposed.

Keywords: Western Siberia, Late Bronze Age, paleogenetics, ancient DNA, Pakhomovskaya culture, Andronovo (Fedorovka) culture, migrations.