Ancient mitogenomes of Phoenicians from Sardinia and Lebanon: A story of settlement, integration, and female mobility

Autor: Catherine J. Collins, Daniel E. Platt, Michele Guirguis, R. Pla Orquín, J. Nassar, Sophia R. Cameron-Christie, Pierre Zalloua, Stefan Prost, Elizabeth Matisoo-Smith, Y. Kurumilian, James Boocock, Olga Kardailsky, Anna L. Gosling, G. Abou Diwan, Wissam Khalil, H. Genz
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
Předmět:
0301 basic medicine
Mediterranean climate
Heredity
Culture
Population Dynamics
Stone Age
Social Sciences
lcsh:Medicine
Mediterranean Basin
Haplogroup
Geographical Locations
Ethnicity
Lebanon
Child
lcsh:Science
History
Ancient
Phylogeny
education.field_of_study
Multidisciplinary
Middle East
Mediterranean Region
Paleogenetics
Geology
Europe
Genetic Mapping
Geography
Archaeology
Italy
Neolithic Period
language
Female
Research Article
Adult
Asia
Adolescent
Human Migration
Population
Ancient history
DNA
Mitochondrial
03 medical and health sciences
Human settlement
Genetics
Humans
Women
education
Demography
Evolutionary Biology
Population Biology
lcsh:R
Biology and Life Sciences
Paleontology
Genetic Variation
Geologic Time
language.human_language
030104 developmental biology
Haplotypes
Archaeological Dating
People and Places
Genome
Mitochondrial
Earth Sciences
Haplogroups
lcsh:Q
Phoenician
Tooth
Population Genetics
Zdroj: PLoS ONE, Vol 13, Iss 1, p e0190169 (2018)
PLoS ONE
ISSN: 1932-6203
Popis: The Phoenicians emerged in the Northern Levant around 1800 BCE and by the 9th century BCE had spread their culture across the Mediterranean Basin, establishing trading posts, and settlements in various European Mediterranean and North African locations. Despite their widespread influence, what is known of the Phoenicians comes from what was written about them by the Greeks and Egyptians. In this study, we investigate the extent of Phoenician integration with the Sardinian communities they settled. We present 14 new ancient mitogenome sequences from pre-Phoenician (~1800 BCE) and Phoenician (~700–400 BCE) samples from Lebanon (n = 4) and Sardinia (n = 10) and compare these with 87 new complete mitogenomes from modern Lebanese and 21 recently published pre-Phoenician ancient mitogenomes from Sardinia to investigate the population dynamics of the Phoenician (Punic) site of Monte Sirai, in southern Sardinia. Our results indicate evidence of continuity of some lineages from pre-Phoenician populations suggesting integration of indigenous Sardinians in the Monte Sirai Phoenician community. We also find evidence of the arrival of new, unique mitochondrial lineages, indicating the movement of women from sites in the Near East or North Africa to Sardinia, but also possibly from non-Mediterranean populations and the likely movement of women from Europe to Phoenician sites in Lebanon. Combined, this evidence suggests female mobility and genetic diversity in Phoenician communities, reflecting the inclusive and multicultural nature of Phoenician society.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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