Complete mitochondrial DNA genome sequences from the first New Zealanders

Knapp, Michael; Horsburgh, K. Ann; Prost, Stefan; Stanton, Jo‐Ann L.; Buckley, Hallie R.; Walter, Richard; Matisoo-Smith, Elizabeth

doi:10.1073/pnas.1209896109

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“…The canoe was not many human generations removed in time from the period of New Zealand settlement by a considerable and diverse East Polynesian population (1,33,44,45) involving many voyages spread over some generations (46). Some of these voyages, as told in tradition, may have involved returns (17).…”

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An early sophisticated East Polynesian voyaging canoe discovered on New Zealand's coast

Johns¹,

Irwin²,

Sung

2014

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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Significance Conservation of a large section of an early, sophisticated sailing canoe recently discovered on the New Zealand coast provides an opportunity to study maritime technology directly associated with the colonization of East Polynesia. A sea turtle carved on its hull makes symbolic connections with ancestral Polynesian culture. We describe the artifact, identify and radiocarbon date construction materials, and reconstruct a likely form of the canoe in the context of archaeological and ethnohistoric information. The canoe is contemporary with early archaeological settlements around New Zealand and on-going voyaging between Polynesian islands.

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An early sophisticated East Polynesian voyaging canoe discovered on New Zealand's coast

Johns¹,

Irwin²,

Sung

2014

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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“…These have indicated a surprising level of mtDNA variation, with at least three of the four individuals sequenced, providing evidence that they were not directly maternally related (Knapp et al 2012). This included the two individuals we sequenced from Group 1: Burial 1, the only female, and Burial 2.1, a young adult male.…”

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Mass Migration and the Polynesian Settlement of New Zealand

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This paper reintroduces the concept of mass migration into debates concerning the timing and nature of New Zealand's settlement by Polynesians. Upward revisions of New Zealand's chronology show that the appearance of humans on the landscape occurred extremely rapidly, and that within decades settlements had been established across the full range of climatic zones. We show that the rapid appearance of a strong archaeological signature in the early 14th century AD is the result of a mass migration event, not the consequence of gradual demographic growth out of a currently unidentified earlier phase of settlement. Mass migration is not only consistent with the archaeological record but is supported by recent findings in molecular biology and genetics. It also opens the door to a new phase of engagement between archaeological method and indigenous Maori and Polynesian oral history and tradition.

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“…Complete mitochondrial genome sequences of two individuals, and partial sequences of two more were recovered from human remains excavated from the site of Wairau Bar on the South Island of New Zealand [88]. These were then compared with a small study of mtDNA from 20 modern Māori (B4a1a1a3, n = 7; B4a1a1c, n = 6; B4a1a1a5, n = 4; B4a1a1a, n = 3).…”

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Dispersal, Isolation, and Interaction in the Islands of Polynesia: A Critical Review of Archaeological and Genetic Evidence

Horsburgh

McCoy

2017

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Integration of archaeology, modern genetics, and ancient DNA holds promise for the reconstruction of the human past. We examine the advances in research on the indigenous peoples of Polynesia to determine: (1) what do archaeological and genetic data (ancient and modern DNA) tell us about the origins of Polynesians; and, (2) what evidence is there for long-distance travel and contacts between Polynesians and indigenous populations of the Americas? We note that the general dispersal pattern of founding human populations in the remote islands of the Pacific and long-distance interaction spheres continue to reflect well-established models. New research suggests that the formation of an Ancestral Polynesia Culture in Western Polynesia may have involved differential patterns of dispersal followed by significant later migrations. It has also been suggested that the pause between the settlement of Western and Eastern Polynesia was centuries longer than currently thought, followed by a remarkably rapid pulse of island colonization. Long-distance travel between islands of the Pacific is currently best documented through the sourcing of artifacts, while the discovery of admixture of Native American DNA within the genome of the people from Easter Island (Rapa Nui) is strong new evidence for sustained contacts between Polynesia and the Americas.

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Complete mitochondrial DNA genome sequences from the first New Zealanders

Cited by 50 publications

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An early sophisticated East Polynesian voyaging canoe discovered on New Zealand's coast

An early sophisticated East Polynesian voyaging canoe discovered on New Zealand's coast

Mass Migration and the Polynesian Settlement of New Zealand

Dispersal, Isolation, and Interaction in the Islands of Polynesia: A Critical Review of Archaeological and Genetic Evidence

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