Native American mtDNA prehistory in the American Southwest

• Published in: American journal of physical anthropology Vol. 120; no. 2; pp. 108 - 124
• Main Authors: Malhi, Ripan S., Mortensen, Holly M., Eshleman, Jason A., Kemp, Brian M., Lorenz, Joseph G., Kaestle, Frederika A., Johnson, John R., Gorodezky, Clara, Smith, David Glenn
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company 01.02.2003; Wiley-Liss
• Subjects: admixture; America and Arctic regions; Anasazi; Anthropology; Athapaskan; DNA; DNA Transposable Elements; DNA, Mitochondrial - genetics; DNA, Mitochondrial - history; Emigration and Immigration - history; Extrachromosomal Inheritance - genetics; Gene Deletion; Generalities; Genetic Variation - genetics; Genetics; haplotype; Haplotypes - genetics; History, Ancient; Hohokam; Humans; Indians, North American - genetics; Indians, North American - history; Mexico and Central America; Migration; North Amerindians; Physical anthropology; Population geography; Prehistory; Prehistory and protohistory; Sequence Analysis, DNA; Southwestern United States; U.S.A; Uto-Aztecan; Variance; Athapaskan; American culture; Hohokam; Anasazi; Central America; New Mexico; United States of America; Colorado; America; Mexico; North America; Utah; Southwestern United States; Origin; Language; Migration; Genetic; Aborigine; Anthropology; Ethnology; Population; Mitochondrial DNA; Diffusion

This study examines the mtDNA diversity of the proposed descendants of the multiethnic Hohokam and Anasazi cultural traditions, as well as Uto‐Aztecan and Southern‐Athapaskan groups, to investigate hypothesized migrations associated with the Southwest region. The mtDNA haplogroups of 117 Native Amer...