@article{de604a17cf8a458e881356c9faebbc88,
title = "Ancient DNA of Phoenician remains indicates discontinuity in the settlement history of Ibiza",
abstract = "Ibiza was permanently settled around the 7th century BCE by founders arriving from west Phoenicia. The founding population grew significantly and reached its height during the 4th century BCE. We obtained nine complete mitochondrial genomes from skeletal remains from two Punic necropoli in Ibiza and a Bronze Age site from Formentara. We also obtained low coverage (0.47X average depth) of the genome of one individual, directly dated to 361–178 cal BCE, from the Cas Mol{\'i} site on Ibiza. We analysed and compared ancient DNA results with 18 new mitochondrial genomes from modern Ibizans to determine the ancestry of the founders of Ibiza. The mitochondrial results indicate a predominantly recent European maternal ancestry for the current Ibizan population while the whole genome data suggest a significant Eastern Mediterranean component. Our mitochondrial results suggest a genetic discontinuity between the early Phoenician settlers and the island{\textquoteright}s modern inhabitants. Our data, while limited, suggest that the Eastern or North African influence in the Punic population of Ibiza was primarily male dominated.",
author = "Pierre Zalloua and Collins, {Catherine J.} and Anna Gosling and Biagini, {Simone Andrea} and Benjam{\'i} Costa and Olga Kardailsky and Lorenzo Nigro and Wissam Khalil and Francesc Calafell and Elizabeth Matisoo-Smith",
note = "Funding Information: Funding for all ancient and modern mitochondrial DNA sequencing was provided by the Department of Anatomy, University of Otago. Funding for whole genome sequencing and support of CJC is provided by Marsden Fund contract UOO1511 with the Royal Society of New Zealand. Funding for sampling of the modern Ibizans was provided by the Agencia Estatal de Investigaci{\'o}n and Fondo Europeo de Desarollo Regional (FEDER) (grants CGL2013–44351-P, CGL2016-75389-P), and by Ag{\`e}ncia de Gesti{\'o} d{\textquoteright}Ajuts Universitaris i de la Recerca (Generalitat de Catalunya) grant 2014 SGR 86. We would like to thank the Ibiza volunteers who contributed their samples, and Maria Ferrer (IBE), who helped in identifying potential donors. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2018, The Author(s).",
year = "2018",
month = dec,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1038/s41598-018-35667-y",
language = "British English",
volume = "8",
journal = "Scientific Reports",
issn = "2045-2322",
publisher = "Nature Research",
number = "1",
}