Mitochondrial DNA Diversity in West Mexico

Summary

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2025: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 90th 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. Despite attempts at systematic research, we are still missing critical information about pre-Hispanic populations in the Aztatlán region, one of the least studied regions of pre-Hispanic Mesoamerica. The present research includes the collection and comparison of whole mitogenomes between recovered individuals from a variety of Aztatlán sites to investigate questions of gene flow, migration, genetic diversity/variation, kinship, etc. The presence of individuals from highland and coastal sites in the region, including Amapa and Peñitas in the Aztatlán core zone in Nayarit, and Tizapán el Alto in the Jalisco highlands, allows for additional investigation of site/individual relationships, as well as regional trade/migration routes.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 90th Annual Meeting, Denver, CO (2025)   •
• SAA 2025: Individual Abstracts

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Abstract Id(s): 53995