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Paleogenetic Analysis of Individuals from Andronovo Double Burials at the Tartas-1 Cemetery, Baraba Forest-Steppe
I. V. Pilipenko,
R. O. Trapezov,
S. V. Cherdantsev,
M. A. Tomilin,
D. V. Pozdnyakov,
L. S. Kobeleva,
V. I. Molodin,
A. S. Pilipenko https://doi.org/10.17746/1563-0110.2025.53.4.144-153
Abstract
The article continues a series of multidisciplinary studies of the Tartas-1 cemetery in the Baraba forest-steppe, southwestern Siberia. Here, we present the fi ndings of a paleogenetic analysis of human remains from double burials associated with the Andronovo (Fedorovka) and Late Krotovo (Cherno-Ozerye) cultures. Three types of double burials are described: two adults, adult and child, and two children. In all 11 cases of adult burials, pair members belonged to different sexes. Close kinship was detected in only one Late Krotovo pair, where a male was buried with his elderly mother. Other pairs of adults were unrelated. Four adult-subadult burials were those of mothers and their children. Some members of double children’s burials were unrelated, while others were likely maternally related siblings of different age. Certain observations on various types of double burials can be interpreted with regard to Andronovo burial traditions and family/marital structure. Further conclusions would be premature at this stage, because results based on a small sample from a single (albeit the largest) cemetery can hardly be extrapolated to other populations.
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Supporting agencies: This study was supported by the Russian Science Foundation Project No. 23-18-00424 “Multidisciplinary Study of the Spiritual Culture and Prehistoric Art of the Western Siberian and Central Asian Population in Antiquity”. The specialized paleogenetic infrastructure was supported by the Institute of Cytology and Genetics SB RAS Budgetary Project FWNR-2025-0023.
About the Authors
I. V. Pilipenko
Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Pilipenko I.V., Junior Researcher,
pr. Akademika Lavrentieva 10, Novosibirsk, 630090.
R. O. Trapezov
Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Trapezov R.O., Researcher,
pr. Akademika Lavrentieva 10, Novosibirsk, 630090.
S. V. Cherdantsev
Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Cherdantsev S.V., Junior Researcher,
pr. Akademika Lavrentieva 10, Novosibirsk, 630090.
M. A. Tomilin
Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Tomilin M.A., Research Engineer,
pr. Akademika Lavrentieva 10, Novosibirsk, 630090.
D. V. Pozdnyakov
Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Pozdnyakov D.V., Senior Researcher,
pr. Akademika Lavrentieva 17, Novosibirsk, 630090.
L. S. Kobeleva
Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Kobeleva L.S., Senior Researcher,
pr. Akademika Lavrentieva 17, Novosibirsk, 630090.
V. I. Molodin
Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Molodin V.I., Professor, Department Head, Chief Researcher,
pr. Akademika Lavrentieva 17, Novosibirsk, 630090.
A. S. Pilipenko
Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Pilipenko A.S., Department Head,
pr. Akademika Lavrentieva 10, Novosibirsk, 630090.
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Pilipenko I.V., Trapezov R.O., Cherdantsev S.V., Tomilin M.A., Pozdnyakov D.V., Kobeleva L.S., Molodin V.I., Pilipenko A.S. Paleogenetic Analysis of Individuals from Andronovo Double Burials at the Tartas-1 Cemetery, Baraba Forest-Steppe. Archaeology, Ethnology & Anthropology of Eurasia. 2025;53(4):144-153. https://doi.org/10.17746/1563-0110.2025.53.4.144-153
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