Assessing the demographic effects of Aztec imperialism: ancient mitochondrial and nuclear DNA evidence from Xaltocan, Mexico
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2014-03Author
Mata-Miguez, Jaime
Overholtzer, Lisa
Rodriguez-Alegria, Enrique
Kemp, Brian M.
Bolnick, Deborah A.
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Mata-Miguez, Jaime; Overholtzer, Lisa; Rodriguez-Alegria, Enrique; Kemp, Brian M.; Bolnick, Deborah A. 2014. Assessing the demographic effects of Aztec imperialism: ancient mitochondrial and nuclear DNA evidence from Xaltocan, Mexico. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, Special Issue: Program of the 83rd Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, vol. 153:no. S58:ppg. 64–283, March 2014
Abstract
Between AD 1428 and 1521, the Aztec empire
conquered numerous polities in the Basin of
Mexico. At Xaltocan, an influential Otomi town,
historical and archaeological evidence provide
conflicting accounts of the demographic effects
of Aztec imperialism. While colonial documents
state that the Aztec conquest led to a replacement
of the Otomi population, archaeological finds
suggest a substantial degree of population and
cultural continuity.
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