The Islamization of Iberian Peninsula: A demographic shift or a cultural change? Search for an answer using extant and ancient DNA from Mértola (Southeast Portugal)

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2006

Authors

Pereira, L (Author) Other; Morales, AC (Author) Other; Goios, A (Author) Other; Duarte, R (Author) Other; Rodrigues, C (Author) Other; Endicott, P (Author) Other; Alonso, A (Author) Other; Martin, P (Author) Other; Torres, C (Author) Other; Amorim, A (Author) FCUP

Journal

Title: International Congress Series

Vol. 1288

Pages: 828-830

ISSN: 0531-5131

Publisher: Elsevier B.V.

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Authenticus ID: P-007-FED

DOI: 10.1016/j.ics.2005.11.034

Abstract (EN): Studies on extant mtDNA in Mértola, an archaeological jewel of the Islamic Period in Portugal showed a significantly higher proportion of Southern and Eastern Mediterranean lineages when compared with other general and regional Portuguese databases. This is an evidence for the movement of people through the Mediterranean basin between centres of trade, as the fluvial port of Mértola. Studies on ancient DNA were, unfortunately, inconclusive probably due to contamination due to percolation between overlapped layers of Paleo-Christian and Islamic burials in one necropolis found in Mértola.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 3