EAGER: Genetic Diversity and Population History in Svanetia, Northwestern Georgia

EAGER：乔治亚州西北部斯瓦内蒂亚的遗传多样性和人口历史

• 批准号: 1249281
• 负责人: Theodore Schurr
• 金额: $ 1.57万
• 依托单位: University of Pennsylvania
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-08-01 至 2013-10-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1249281&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: EAGER; Genetic; Diversity; Population; History

Dr. Theodore G. Schurr and doctoral candidate Aram Yardumian, both of the University of Pennsylvania, will collaborate with Georgian researchers Dr. Lia Bitadze (Laboratory for Anthropologic Studies, Institute of History and Ethnology), Dr. David Chitanava (Institute of History and Ethnology), and Dr. Shengelia (T'bilisi State Medical University) to initiate a long-term study of genetic ancestry and ethnogenesis in Georgia. The goal is to develop a model for the peopling of the region. While much is known about the various archaeological horizons in Georgia and the South Caucasus, relatively little is known about the biological and cultural relationships of Georgian ethnic groups with populations from the Near East, Anatolia and the Russian steppe. Thus, the project will elucidate the cultural, genetic and linguistic contributions to the diversity of populations in Georgia. The project will initially explore the history of the Svan-speaking population in northwestern Georgia. The American-Georgian team will collect genealogical information and DNA samples from ~350 individuals in the three regions of Svanetia for genetic analysis, and Georgian researchers will conduct concerted ethno-historical research into Svanetian population history. The team will further examine the diversification of Kartvelian languages in Georgia through historical linguistic methods, and determine the extent to which patterns of genetic and linguistic diversity correlate.The results of this multidisciplinary project will contribute to a better understanding of the pattern of genetic diversity in Svanetia and assess the manner in which the current ethno-linguistic groups might reflect deeper biological patterns within Georgia. For Svanetia, it is hypothesized that a historical engagement between the ancient autochthonous descendants of western Georgia, the movement of Kartvelian-speakers from Anatolia, and the later arrival of North Caucasus steppe populations has produced the ethnic diversity seen there today. This project will further provide a foundation for long-term collaboration research with Georgian scholars that will yield novel insights into the history of this region and the Caucasus more broadly, and build on Georgian efforts to develop a more thorough picture of its national history. In addition, funding this research supports the education of an American graduate student.

西奥多G. Schurr和宾夕法尼亚大学的博士候选人Aram Yardumian将与格鲁吉亚研究人员Lia Bitadze博士（人类学研究实验室，历史和民族学研究所），大卫Chitanava博士（历史和民族学研究所）和Shengelia博士（第比利斯州立医科大学）合作，开始对格鲁吉亚的遗传祖先和民族起源进行长期研究。目标是为该地区的人口发展建立一个模式。 虽然人们对格鲁吉亚和南高加索的各种考古学领域了解很多，但对格鲁吉亚各族裔群体与近东、安纳托利亚和俄罗斯大草原人口的生物和文化关系却知之甚少。 因此，该项目将阐明文化、遗传和语言对格鲁吉亚人口多样性的贡献。该项目将首先探讨格鲁吉亚西北部讲斯瓦河语人口的历史。 美国-格鲁吉亚研究小组将收集斯瓦涅蒂亚三个地区约350人的家谱信息和DNA样本进行遗传分析，格鲁吉亚研究人员将对斯瓦涅蒂亚人口历史进行协调一致的民族历史研究。 该小组将通过历史语言学方法进一步研究格鲁吉亚的卡特维利语言的多样性，并确定遗传和语言多样性模式的相关程度，这一多学科项目的结果将有助于更好地了解斯瓦涅蒂亚的遗传多样性模式，并评估目前的民族语言群体可能反映格鲁吉亚内更深层次的生物模式的方式。 对于斯瓦涅蒂亚，据推测，历史上西部格鲁吉亚的古代土著后裔之间的接触，从安纳托利亚的卡特维尔语的运动，以及后来北高加索草原人口的到来，产生了今天看到的种族多样性。 该项目将进一步为与格鲁吉亚学者的长期合作研究奠定基础，这将对该地区和高加索地区更广泛的历史产生新的见解，并在格鲁吉亚努力更全面地了解其民族历史的基础上再接再厉。此外，资助这项研究支持美国研究生的教育。