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Familienanalyse in kupferzeitlichen Kollektivgräbern aus Umm an‐Nar; Abu Dhabi
Author(s) -
ALT K. W.,
VACH W.,
FRIFELT K.,
KUNTER M.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
arabian archaeology and epigraphy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.384
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1600-0471
pISSN - 0905-7196
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0471.1995.tb00077.x
Subject(s) - kinship , abu dhabi , archaeology , geography , population , peninsula , homogeneous , demography , anthropology , sociology , physics , metropolitan area , thermodynamics
Skeletal material from three collective burials from the island of Umm an‐Nar (Arabian peninsula) dating to the 3rd millennium B.C. was submitted to a kinship analysis with the aid of a set of genetically determined odontologic traits. The analysis yielded the following results: a) phenotype and frequency of odontological traits in the skeletal sample suggest a relatively homogeneous population; and b) there are distinct indications for genetically determined relationships within the individual burial mounds. In spite of the poor state of preservation of the skeletons, the analysis permitted conclusions about the social structure of the local population.