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- Pires, Ana Elisabete, et al.
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The curious case of the Mesolithic Iberian dogs : An archaeogenetic study
- 2019
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Ingår i: Journal of Archaeological Science. - : Elsevier BV. - 0305-4403 .- 1095-9238. ; 105, s. 116-129
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We investigated the genetic composition of six Canis remains from western Iberia, directly radiocarbon dated to 7,903-7,570 years (cal BP). They were identified as dogs via their archaeological and depositional context, osteometry, and a high percentage of aquatic diet shared with humans. For comparison, genetic data were obtained from an additional 37 Iberian dog remains from the Neolithic to Late Antiquity, as well as two Palaeolithic and a Chalcolithic Canis identified as wolves. Previous data indicated that dog mtDNA haplogroup A (HgA) is prevalent in extant European dogs ( > 50%), in the Near East and Asia, but rare or absent ( < 10%) in European Canis older than 3,000 years (cal BP). We found a high frequency (83%) of dog HgA in Mesolithic Iberian dog remains. This is the first report of a high frequency of dog HgA in pre-Neolithic Europe. We show that, contrary to the current view, Canis with HgA did not necessarily arrive in Europe from East-Asia. This phylogeographical difference in HgA frequency demonstrates that genetic differentiation was high prior to, or as a consequence of, domestication which may be linked with pre-Neolithic local processes for Iberian wolf domestication. Our results emphasize that knowledge of both ancient wolves' and early dogs' genetic profiles from the European periphery should improve our understanding of the evolution of the European dog.
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Is she? an aeroelastic flutter, which weeps weeps the witch, which weeps each witch, or that is a likely story
- 2019
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Annan publikation (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The orthodox narrative of Western knowledge is particularly obsessed with clarity. Clarity should be understood here not only as an expression of intelligibility, but also, in terms of light. That the association between knowledge and clarity is a given, veils – that is, does not enlighten – the history of domination, obscurantism, occlusion, suppression of other modes and narratives of being, feeling and knowing. Within such genealogy the said, the visible, the solid, and the masculine assertion are placed on the side of the logical and of certainty. And if “a rational person makes a much clearer self-examination in the dark that in broad light” (Amos Oz, “Uma pantera na cave” 1998; 58 – free translation), that is strictly a matter of parsimony: reducing complexity helps with the synthesis of consciousness. However, such reduction of complexity is a choice and not an inevitable path, since the opposite of complexity is not simplicity, but reductionism. That is the transgression perpetrated by the epistemology of light. ARD#6 invites musician and researcher Marina Cyrino to extend these concerns. In “Is she? an aeroelastic flutter, which weeps weeps the witch, which weeps each witch, or that is a likely story”, Marina Cyrino guides us through her artistic research about the concealed history of female subjection within the fields of music and knowledge. Through an artistic and conceptual articulation, in which the female body, the flute, the blow, the night and the aching laughter of (the bird) Urutau transverse in a common body, Marina Cyrino meets us with the specters stolen by light.
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