DNA Studies at Chiribaya Alta Peru

小行星9320807威廉姆斯 有了这项来自国家科学基金会的规划拨款，斯隆威廉姆斯博士将开发模型，使她能够利用从古骨骼分析中获得的DNA数据重建史前社会组织的形式。在秘鲁南部的考古实地考察过程中，威廉姆斯博士和她的合作者们挖掘了一系列墓地，其中包含保存完好的人类骨骼遗骸。这些坟墓还出土了许多陪葬品，提供了有关个人社会和职业状况的信息。利用目前的生物化学技术，有可能从这些骨骼中提取和分析DNA，并利用收集到的数据确定个体之间的相关程度。在此基础上，应该有可能重建生物亲和力，并将其与社会和职业组织联系起来。 虽然这项工作的考古意义是明确的，研究在技术上是可行的，威廉姆斯博士仍然必须发展分析技术，弥合数据和问题之间的差距。这笔赠款将为她提供时间来完成这一点。该项目之所以重要，有三个原因。这将有助于开发一种可能广泛使用的分析技术。这将为威廉姆斯博士设计一个大规模的努力铺平道路。它还将有助于培养一名有前途的年轻科学家。 ***

9320807 Williams With this planning grant from The National Science Foundation, Dr. Sloan Williams will develop models which will allow her to reconstruct forms of prehistoric social organization using DNA data obtained from the analysis of ancient bone. In the course of archaeological fieldwork in southern Peru, Dr. Williams and her collaborators have excavated a series of cemeteries which contain well preserved human skeletal remains. The graves also yielded numerous burial goods which provide information on the social and occupational status of the associated individuals. Using current biochemical techniques it is possible to extract and analyze DNA from these bones and with the data thus collected determine the degree of relatedness among individuals. On this basis it should be possible to reconstruct biological affinity and relate this to social and occupational organization. While the archaeological significance of this work is clear and the research is technically feasible, Dr. Williams must still develop analytic techniques which bridge the gap between data and question. This grant will provide her the time to accomplish this. The project is important for three reasons. It will help to develop an analytic technique of potential widespread use. It will pave the way for Dr. Williams to design a large scale effort. It will also facilitate the development of a promising young scientist. ***