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ArticlePloS one2016

Mitochondrial DNA Reveals the Trace of the Ancient Settlers of a Violently Devastated Late Bronze and Iron Ages Village.

Carolina Núñez, Miriam Baeta, Sergio Cardoso, Leire Palencia-Madrid, Noemí García-Romero, Armando Llanos, Marian M de Pancorbo

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Carolina NúñezBIOMICs Research Group, Centro de Investigación "Lascaray" Ikergunea, Universidad del País Vasco (UPV/EHU), Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain.
Miriam BaetaBIOMICs Research Group, Centro de Investigación "Lascaray" Ikergunea, Universidad del País Vasco (UPV/EHU), Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain.
Sergio CardosoBIOMICs Research Group, Centro de Investigación "Lascaray" Ikergunea, Universidad del País Vasco (UPV/EHU), Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain.
Leire Palencia-MadridBIOMICs Research Group, Centro de Investigación "Lascaray" Ikergunea, Universidad del País Vasco (UPV/EHU), Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain.
Noemí García-RomeroBIOMICs Research Group, Centro de Investigación "Lascaray" Ikergunea, Universidad del País Vasco (UPV/EHU), Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain.
Armando LlanosInstituto Alavés de Arqueología, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain.
Marian M de PancorboBIOMICs Research Group, Centro de Investigación "Lascaray" Ikergunea, Universidad del País Vasco (UPV/EHU), Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain.
University of the Basque Country · ES

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

La Hoya (Alava, Basque Country) was one of the most important villages of the Late Bronze and Iron Ages of the north of the Iberian Peninsula, until it was violently devastated around the 4th century and abandoned in the 3rd century B.C. Archaeological evidences suggest that descendants from La Hoya placed their new settlement in a nearby hill, which gave rise to the current village of Laguardia. In this study, we have traced the genetic imprints of the extinct inhabitants of La Hoya through the analysis of maternal lineages. In particular, we have analyzed the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) control region of 41 human remains recovered from the archaeological site for comparison with a sample of 51 individuals from the geographically close present-day population of Laguardia, as well as 56 individuals of the general population of the province of Alava, where the archaeological site and Laguardia village are located. MtDNA haplotypes were successfully obtained in 25 out of 41 ancient samples, and 14 different haplotypes were identified. The major mtDNA subhaplogroups observed in La Hoya were H1, H3, J1 and U5, which show a distinctive frequency pattern in the autochthonous populations of the north of the Iberian Peninsula. Approximate Bayesian Computation analysis was performed to test the most likely model for the local demographic history. The results did not sustain a genealogical continuity between Laguardia and La Hoya at the haplotype level, although factors such as sampling effects, recent admixture events, and genetic bottlenecks need to be considered. Likewise, the highly similar subhaplogroup composition detected between La Hoya and Laguardia and Alava populations do not allow us to reject a maternal genetic continuity in the human groups of the area since at least the Iron Age to present times. Broader analyses, based on a larger collection of samples and genetic markers, would be required to study fine-scale population events in these human groups.

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DNA, MitochondrialEvolution, MolecularGenetics, PopulationArchaeologyGenetic VariationHaplotypesHistory, AncientHumansSequence Analysis, DNASpainDNA, Mitochondrial

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