HLA-DR Genotyping and Mitochondrial DNA Analysis Reveal the Presence of Family Burials in a Fourth Century Romano-British Christian Cemetery

HLA-DR Genotyping and Mitochondrial DNA Analysis Reveal the Presence of Family Burials in a Fourth Century Romano-British Christian Cemetery

In Colchester, Britain's oldest recorded town, during the Roman period there were areas which were clearly used solely as cemeteries. One of the most significant is at Butt Road, which includes a late Roman probable Christian cemetery with an associated building, apparently a church, that overl...

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Main Authors: Canh P. Voong, Patrick S. Spencer, Cristina V. Navarrete, David Turner, Soren B. Hayrabedyan, Philip Crummy, Emma Holloway, Mike T. Wilson, Patricia R. Smith, Nelson Fernández
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Genetics
Subjects:
extramural fourth century Romano-British cemetery
family groupings
HLA-DR
mtDNA
Colchester (Camulodunum)
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fgene.2017.00182/full

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