Native Peoples of Colonial Central Mexico

Cline, Sarah; Adams, Richard E.; MacLeod, Murdo J.

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“…Also, Mexico City is the economic, political, and social center of Mexico; most of its population speaks Spanish; nevertheless, some villages that are part of the city include Nahuatl speakers (nhw-ISO 639-3 Ethnologue) [7,11]. Tlalpan may have been the first urban settlement in the Basin of Mexico and was known as San Agustín de las Cuevas during the colonial period [14]. Tlalpan has a total population of 650,567 inhabitants, which includes both urban (29%) and rural areas [10] (Figure 1).…”

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HLA Allele and Haplotype Frequencies in Three Urban Mexican Populations: Genetic Diversity for the Approach of Genomic Medicine

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Genetic variability defends us against pathogen-driven antigens; human leucocyte antigens (HLA) is the immunological system in charge of this work. The Mexican mestizo population arises mainly from the mixture of three founder populations; Amerindian, Spaniards, and a smaller proportion of the African population. We describe allele and haplotype frequencies of HLA class I (-A and -B) and class II (-DRB1 and -DQB1), which were analyzed by PCR-SSP in Mexican mestizo from three urban populations of Mexico: Chihuahua-Chihuahua City (n = 88), Mexico City-Tlalpan (n = 330), and Veracruz-Xalapa (n = 84). The variability of the allele HLA class I and class II among the three regions of Mexico are in four alleles: HLA-A*24:02 (36.39%), -B*35:01 (16.04%), -DRB1*04:07 (17.33%), and -DQB1*03:02 (31.47%), these alleles have been previously described in some indigenous populations. We identified 5 haplotypes with a frequency >1%: HLA-A*02:01-B*35:01-DRB1*08:02-DQB1*04:02, A*68:01-B*39:01-DRB1*08:02-DQB1*04:02, A*02:01-B*35:01-DRB1*04:07-DQB1*03:02, A*68:01-B*39:01-DRB1*04:07-DQB1*03:02, and A*01:01-B*08:01-DRB1*03:01-DQB1*02:01. Also, the haplotype A*02:01-B*35:01-DRB1*08:02-DQB1*04:02 was identified in Tlalpan and Xalapa regions. Haplotype A*01:01-B*08:01-DRB1*03:01-DQB1*02:01 was found only in Tlalpan and Chihuahua. In the Xalapa region, the most frequent haplotype was A*24:02-B*35:01-DRB1*04:07-DQB1*03:02. These alleles and haplotypes have been described in Amerindian populations. Our data are consistent with previous studies and contribute to the analysis of the variability in the Mexican population.

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HLA Allele and Haplotype Frequencies in Three Urban Mexican Populations: Genetic Diversity for the Approach of Genomic Medicine

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“…In Morelos, near Yecapixtla, land use was limited to mainly orchards and cattle grazing. Mexico (Cline, 2000;Restall, 2001;Matthew, & Oudijk, 2007). The Totonacs had a long history of subjugation, since the Aztec conquests of the 1460s, and welcomed the opportunity to participate in the con- Tlatelolco, and Texcoco after the conquest (Lockhart, 1991).…”

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“…In addition to labor in the mines and encomiendas , indigenous people throughout the Spanish colony participated as auxiliaries in military conquests and suppressing rebellions/revolts. The most common indigenous groups to serve as auxiliaries were the Totonacs from the Gulf Coast, Tlaxcalans from Central Mexico, and Tarascans from west Mexico (Cline, ; Restall, ; Matthew, & Oudijk, ). The Totonacs had a long history of subjugation, since the Aztec conquests of the 1460s, and welcomed the opportunity to participate in the conquest of Tenochtitlán.…”

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Changes in indigenous population structure in colonial Mexico City and Morelos

Ragsdale

Willermet

Edgar

2019

Intl J of Osteoarchaeology

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The Spanish conquest and colonization of Mexico had disastrous effects on indigenous people. Disease, coupled with drastic changes in the economic, political, and religious structures, led to an enormous depopulation event throughout the colony of New Spain. What remains unclear in historic and archeological accounts of Spanish colonization in Mexico is the effects of these changes on indigenous population structure and variation. In this study, we use biological distance and population structure analyses of two Mexico City church ossuary samples from the 16th to 17th centuries, as well as a sample of burials from a convent in nearby Morelos, to investigate these relationships at the center of the Spanish colony in Central Mexico. Colonial samples are compared with a large data set of precontact samples from Central Mexico and the surrounding regions, to evaluate changes in population structures. We compare colonial and precontact samples using biological distance analysis and a population structure program commonly applied in genetic analyses and modified for phenotypic data. Our results show that the colonial Mexico City samples are more biologically similar to the precontact samples from Veracruz, Toluca Valley, and West Mexico than to other precontact samples from the Valley of Mexico. The sample from Yecapixtla in Morelos is also most similar to the Veracruz, Toluca Valley, and West Mexico samples but is also somewhat similar to the precontact sample from Morelos and the nearby Oaxaca Valley. Generally, biological similarities among colonial samples and precontact samples do not correlate with geographic proximity or population size but coincide with cultural changes. Our study provides bioarcheological evidence of some degree of population replacement, resulting either from forced migration from surrounding areas for labor or through indigenous alliances with the Spanish conquerors. Our results also show concordance between traditional biodistance analysis and nontraditional analyses employed in population genetics studies.

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A Companion to Colonial America

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Native Peoples of Colonial Central Mexico

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HLA Allele and Haplotype Frequencies in Three Urban Mexican Populations: Genetic Diversity for the Approach of Genomic Medicine

HLA Allele and Haplotype Frequencies in Three Urban Mexican Populations: Genetic Diversity for the Approach of Genomic Medicine

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