Migration and Mitogenomes: analysis of West Mexican populations to better understand their place in the larger Mesoamerican social landscape

Summary

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2024: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

The world has always been connected through the movement of people, exchange of goods, and sharing of cultural traits; thus, evidence of such can be found within the genomes of individuals, as well as the archaeological sites they leave behind. The present research is comprised of multiple lines of inquiry that address questions of gene flow, genetic variation, migration, trade, and interaction among societies in West Mexico and outlying areas to the east and south. Whole mitochondrial DNA genomes (mitogenomes) have been sequenced from individuals in order to address the main research hypotheses from a variety of sites in the region, including Amapa and Peñitas in the Aztatlán core zone in Nayarit, and Tizapán el Alto in the Jalisco highlands. Additional investigation into the relationship between individuals at the coastal sites and the contemporaneous highland sites will also be investigated, particularly in relation to how this may then be related to larger regional migration and trade routes.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• SAA 2024: Individual Abstracts   •
• Society for American Archaeology 89th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA (2024)

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Abstract Id(s): 39531.0