The History of Iberian and Moroccan Populations: Evidence from Genetic Data (DNA Studies and Classical Polymorphisms)

Moral, Pedro; Kandil, Mostafa; Fernández-Santander, Ana; Esteban, Esther; Valveny, Neus

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“…However, even a successful sequencing will not provide definitive evidence of positive identification in the absence of living relatives. There were other Spaniards in the area, although the potential for Basque-specific genetic signatures may be promising (e.g., Moral et al, 2000).…”

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Historiography and forensic analysis of the Fort King George “skull”: Craniometric assessment using the specific population approach

Stojanowski

Duncan

2009

American J Phys Anthropol

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In this article, we evaluate the association between the Fort King George "skull" and two Franciscans who were killed during a Guale revolt in 1597 and whose remains were never recovered (Pedro de Corpa and Francisco de Veráscola). The history and historiography of the revolt is summarized to generate a forensic profile for the individuals. The calvaria is described in terms of preservation, taphonomy, possible trauma, age, and sex. Because these factors are consistent with the individuals in question, population affinity is assessed using comparative craniometric analysis. In response to recent criticism of the typological nature of forensic population affinity assessment, we use a population specific approach, as advocated by Alice Brues (1992). Archaeological and historical data inform the occupation history of the site, and data from those specific populations are used in the comparative analysis. Results of linear discriminant function analysis indicate a low probability that the calvaria is a Guale (the precontact inhabitants of southeastern Georgia) or an individual of African descent. Comparison among European and Euro-American populations indicated poor discriminatory resolution; however, the closest match suggests a New World affinity rather than an Old World English, Scottish, or Iberian affinity for the specimen. Future analyses that will provide greater resolution about the identity of the calvaria are outlined. The case highlights the unique challenges of historical forensics cases relative to those of traditional jurisprudence, as well as the potential for using historiography to overcome those challenges in future analyses.

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Historiography and forensic analysis of the Fort King George “skull”: Craniometric assessment using the specific population approach

Stojanowski

Duncan

2009

American J Phys Anthropol

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Polymorphisms influencing muscle phenotypes in North-African and Spanish populations

Fernández-Santander

Valveny

Harich

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Annals of Human Biology

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STR genetic diversity in a Mediterranean population from the south of the Iberian Peninsula

Gaibar

Esteban

Moral

et al. 2009

Annals of Human Biology

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Sixteen Y-chromosomal short tandem repeats (STRs) (DYS19, DYS389I, DYS389II, DYS390, DYS391, DYS392, DYS393, DYS385, DYS437, DYS438, DYS439, DYS448, DYS456, DYS458, DYS635 and GATA H4.1) were typed in DNA samples from 52 unrelated men and 15 autosomal STRs (CSF1PO, D2S1338, D3S1358, D5S818, D7S820, D8S1179, D13S317, D16S539, D18S51, D19S433, D21S11, FGA, TH01, TPOX, vWA) were also studied for a group of 90 individuals (men and women) from the same population (Andalusians from La Alpujarra, South of Spain). The Alpujarrenian population represents an example of an isolated population with remarkable geographical, cultural and historical characteristics. High haplotype diversities were observed for the studied polymorphisms, 0.98 and 1 for YSTRs and autosomal STRs, respectively. Population comparisons for the autosomal STR allele distributions revealed remarkable levels of global homogeneity among samples geographically related.

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The History of Iberian and Moroccan Populations: Evidence from Genetic Data (DNA Studies and Classical Polymorphisms)

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Historiography and forensic analysis of the Fort King George “skull”: Craniometric assessment using the specific population approach

Historiography and forensic analysis of the Fort King George “skull”: Craniometric assessment using the specific population approach

Polymorphisms influencing muscle phenotypes in North-African and Spanish populations

STR genetic diversity in a Mediterranean population from the south of the Iberian Peninsula

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