event · evt_tell_atchana_mobility_pattern
Predominantly Local Population with Selective Mobility at Tell Atchana
Most sampled individuals were biologically and isotopically consistent with local origins despite the city’s international textual connections.
What is the evidence?
observed evidence
- Strontium and oxygen isotope data
- Genome-wide ancient DNA
- Burial context
proposed causes
consequences
The sampled pattern is robust, while the cemetery sample may not represent all social groups or the terminal 12th century.
Inspect the sources →Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: reviewed for v0.1. This is separate from specialist review.
Recorded dataset maintenance date: 2026-08-11.
Confidence describes the stated assessment; it does not certify expert approval. How review works.
Chronology
Dating intervals may describe uncertainty or phases; their width alone does not establish event duration.
1700 BCE–1200 BCE
Precision: sample range
highstrontium, oxygen isotopes and ancient DNA
- informs · establishes
Human Mobility at Tell Atchana (Alalakh), Hatay, Turkey during the 2nd Millennium BC: Integration of Isotopic and Genomic Evidence — Tara Ingman, Stefanie Eisenmann, Eirini Skourtanioti, Murat Akar, Jennifer Ilgner, Guido Alberto Gnecchi-Ruscone, et al. (2021)
Locator: results
Event context
People and places
Locations: Tell Atchana (Alalakh)
Participants: Tell Atchana Isotope and Ancient-DNA Dataset
Properties and assignments
A label’s definition and the evidence for assigning it here are separate.
Migration or Mobility Evidence
Evidence that individuals or ancestry moved between regions, without automatically implying invasion or population replacement.
Why does this record have this property?
Isotope and genome results identify selective mobility within a largely local sampled population.
Evidence and sources
- informs · establishes
Human Mobility at Tell Atchana (Alalakh), Hatay, Turkey during the 2nd Millennium BC: Integration of Isotopic and Genomic Evidence — Tara Ingman, Stefanie Eisenmann, Eirini Skourtanioti, Murat Akar, Jennifer Ilgner, Guido Alberto Gnecchi-Ruscone, et al. (2021)Source relationship recorded for Predominantly Local Population with Selective Mobility at Tell Atchana.
Locator: results
Referenced records
- Tell Atchana (Alalakh) · entity
- Tell Atchana Isotope and Ancient-DNA Dataset · entity