{"id":2746,"date":"2022-02-21T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-21T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/?p=2746"},"modified":"2025-02-11T16:41:40","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T15:41:40","slug":"multidisciplinary-investigation-reveals-an-individual-of-west-african-origin-buried-in-a-portuguese-mesolithic-shell-midden-four-centuries-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/index.php\/2022\/02\/21\/multidisciplinary-investigation-reveals-an-individual-of-west-african-origin-buried-in-a-portuguese-mesolithic-shell-midden-four-centuries-ago\/","title":{"rendered":"Multidisciplinary investigation reveals an individual of West African origin buried in a Portuguese Mesolithic shell midden four centuries ago"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-58f1e44a wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Rita.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1365\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rita Peyroteo Stjerna<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A multidisciplinary approach to an old burial site reveals new secrets in the human past. The article, by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S2352409X22000335?via%3Dihub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Peyroteo Stjerna et al. (2022)<\/a> were published in the Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Highlights<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>We discovered one individual of West African origin buried 400&nbsp;years ago in a Portuguese Mesolithic shell midden. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We employed a multidisciplinary approach integrating archaeology, historical records, genetics, radiocarbon dating and stable isotope analysis to investigate the biogeographic origins of this individual and burial circumstances.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We could determine that this was a man of West African origin, probably from Senegambia, arriving in Portugal via the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Our study provides new insights into aspects of the life and death of a first-generation African individual in Portugal during the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade period and highlights the power of multidisciplinary research to unravel unwritten history.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-bf5eb4ea wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading is-style-underlined-heading\">Related content<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">350 years old remains in a Stone Age site in Portugal<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uu.se\/en\/press\/press-releases\/2022\/2022-02-21-350-years-old-remains-in-a-stone-age-site-in-portugal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UU Press Release<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A multidisciplinary approach to an old burial site reveals new secrets in the human past. 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