35269
Title Of Article Chaper
Spatial autocorrelation of ABO serotypes in mediaeval cemeteries as an indicator of ethnic and familial structure
Title Of Journal Book
Journal of archaeological science
Volume
14
Pages
615-633
ISSN
0305-4403
Language Of Text
English
Language Of Summary
English
Literature Type
Serial
Literature Level
Analytic
Abstract
Spatial autocorrelation analyses of ABO serotypes were carried out for three medieval Hungarian cemeteries in an effort to detect familial structure. Different ethnic groups buried in separate areas dominated the spatial pattern in two cemeteries, leaving insufficient power to test for familial patterns. In a third, ethnically homogeneous cemetery, no evidence of familial structure was found. A simulation showed that familial structure could readily be detected by the methods applied when it exists in an ethnically homogeneous population. The spatial autocorrelation methods employed would have detected the ethnic diversity in the two cemeteries containing graves from different populations, even in the absence of archaeological information to that effect. -- AATA
Keywords
Archaeology Familial Structure;Spatial Analysis Statistics; Archaeology Palaeoserology;Cemetery Medieval Hungary;Cemetary Lombard; Cemetary Magyar AATA
pub_id
35269