title: Low Mitochondrial DNA Diversity in an Ancient Population from China: Insight into Social Organization at the Fujia Site.
abstract: To gain insight into the social organization of a population associated with the Dawenkou period, we performed ancient DNA analysis of 18 individuals from human remains from the Fujia site in Shandong Province, China. Directly radiocarbon dated to 4800-4500 cal BP, the Fujia site is assumed to be associated with a transitional phase from matrilineal clans to patrilineal monogamous families. Our results reveal a low mitochondrial DNA diversity from the site and population. Combined with Y chromosome data, the pattern observed at the Fujia site is most consistent with a matrilineal community. The patterns also suggest that the bond of marriage was de-emphasized compared with the bonds of descent at Fujia.
authors.affiliation: 1 School of History and Culture, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China.|2 Department of Anthropology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois.
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.affiliation: 3 College of Life Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, China.
authors.forename: Chunxiang
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: 1 School of History and Culture, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China.
authors.forename: Fengshi
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Luan
authors.affiliation: 4 Shandong Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, Jinan, Shandong, China.
authors.forename: Zhenguang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: 3 College of Life Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, China.
authors.forename: Hongjie
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: 2 Department of Anthropology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois.|3 College of Life Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, China.
authors.forename: Yinqiu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Cui
authors.affiliation: 3 College of Life Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, China.
authors.forename: Hui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.affiliation: 2 Department of Anthropology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois.|5 Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois.
authors.forename: Ripan S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Malhi
mesh_terms: D002681:China / Q000208:ethnology; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000032:analysis* / Q000266:history; D005260:Female; D014644:Genetic Variation; D049690:History, Ancient; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage / Q000208:ethnology / Q000266:history; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012930:Social Dominance / Q000266:history*
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial
keywords: ANCIENT DNA; KINSHIP; MATRILINEAL; MTDNA; Y CHROMOSOME