Medieval mummies of Zeleny Yar burial ground in the Arctic Zone of Western Siberia.
Notwithstanding the pioneering achievements of studies on arctic mummies in Siberia, there are insufficient data for any comprehensive understanding of the bio-cultural details of medieval people living in the region. In the Western Siberian arctic, permafrost mummies have been found in 12th to 13th...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:aeff364bd6f14be3886d220c5f3bbad5 2023-05-15T14:49:19+02:00 Medieval mummies of Zeleny Yar burial ground in the Arctic Zone of Western Siberia. Sergey Mikhailovich Slepchenko Alexander Vasilyevich Gusev Evgenia Olegovna Svyatova Jong Ha Hong Chang Seok Oh Do Seon Lim Dong Hoon Shin 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0210718 https://doaj.org/article/aeff364bd6f14be3886d220c5f3bbad5 EN eng Public Library of Science (PLoS) https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0210718 https://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203 1932-6203 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0210718 https://doaj.org/article/aeff364bd6f14be3886d220c5f3bbad5 PLoS ONE, Vol 14, Iss 1, p e0210718 (2019) Medicine R Science Q article 2019 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0210718 2022-12-31T07:06:33Z Notwithstanding the pioneering achievements of studies on arctic mummies in Siberia, there are insufficient data for any comprehensive understanding of the bio-cultural details of medieval people living in the region. In the Western Siberian arctic, permafrost mummies have been found in 12th to 13th century graves located in the Zeleny Yar (Z-Y) burial ground (66°19'4.54"С; 67°21'13.54"В). In 2013-2016, we were fortunate to be able to excavate that cemetery, locating a total of 47 burials, including cases of mummification. Some of these mummies had been wrapped in a multi-layered birch-bark cocoon. After removal of the cocoon, we conducted interdisciplinary studies using various scientific techniques. Gross anatomical examination and CT radiography showed that the internal organs were still well preserved inside the body cavities. Under light and electron microscopy, the histological findings were very similar to those for naturally mummified specimens discovered in other countries. Ancient DNA analysis showed that the Z-Y mummies' mtDNA haplotypes belong to five different haplogroups, namely U5a (#34), H3ao (#53), D (#67-1), U4b1b1 (#67-2), and D4j8 (#68), which distinguish them for their unique combination of Western- and Eastern Siberia-specific mtDNA haplogroups. Our interdisciplinary study obtained fundamental information that will form the foundation of successful future investigations on medieval mummies found in the Western Siberian arctic. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic permafrost Siberia Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Yar ENVELOPE(151.300,151.300,70.917,70.917) PLOS ONE 14 1 e0210718 |
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Notwithstanding the pioneering achievements of studies on arctic mummies in Siberia, there are insufficient data for any comprehensive understanding of the bio-cultural details of medieval people living in the region. In the Western Siberian arctic, permafrost mummies have been found in 12th to 13th century graves located in the Zeleny Yar (Z-Y) burial ground (66°19'4.54"С; 67°21'13.54"В). In 2013-2016, we were fortunate to be able to excavate that cemetery, locating a total of 47 burials, including cases of mummification. Some of these mummies had been wrapped in a multi-layered birch-bark cocoon. After removal of the cocoon, we conducted interdisciplinary studies using various scientific techniques. Gross anatomical examination and CT radiography showed that the internal organs were still well preserved inside the body cavities. Under light and electron microscopy, the histological findings were very similar to those for naturally mummified specimens discovered in other countries. Ancient DNA analysis showed that the Z-Y mummies' mtDNA haplotypes belong to five different haplogroups, namely U5a (#34), H3ao (#53), D (#67-1), U4b1b1 (#67-2), and D4j8 (#68), which distinguish them for their unique combination of Western- and Eastern Siberia-specific mtDNA haplogroups. Our interdisciplinary study obtained fundamental information that will form the foundation of successful future investigations on medieval mummies found in the Western Siberian arctic. |
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Medieval mummies of Zeleny Yar burial ground in the Arctic Zone of Western Siberia. |
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