PMID- 6624888
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19831123
LR  - 20221207
IS  - 0002-9483 (Print)
IS  - 0002-9483 (Linking)
VI  - 61
IP  - 4
DP  - 1983 Aug
TI  - HLA types of mummified Eskimo bodies from the 15th century.
PG  - 447-52
AB  - In 1978 the bodies of eight Eskimos were discovered in two tombs among the rocks 
      at Qilakitsoq in the Umanak District on the west coast of Greenland. By C14 
      analysis at the Danish National Museum the burial was dated around A.D. 1460. The 
      climatic conditions have been favorable for the preservation of the bodies, which 
      were freeze-dried by nature to almost the consistency of wood. With skin and 
      muscle tissue from the thigh, a human leukocyte antigen (HLA) type determination 
      was carried out by means of a microabsorption method developed in this laboratory 
      on spleen tissue from recently deceased persons (Hansen and Gurtler, 1979, 1982). 
      The aim of the HLA determinations of these mummies was to reveal possible family 
      relationships, and to see whether the HLA antigens found would be typical for 
      now-living Eskimo populations. The results indicate that two families were 
      buried, one in each of the two tombs.
FAU - Hansen, H E
AU  - Hansen HE
FAU - Gurtler, H
AU  - Gurtler H
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - United States
TA  - Am J Phys Anthropol
JT  - American journal of physical anthropology
JID - 0400654
RN  - 0 (HLA Antigens)
SB  - IM
MH  - Genetic Variation
MH  - Greenland
MH  - HLA Antigens/*genetics
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Inuit
MH  - *Mummies
MH  - Muscles/immunology
MH  - Skin/immunology
EDAT- 1983/08/01 00:00
MHDA- 1983/08/01 00:01
CRDT- 1983/08/01 00:00
PHST- 1983/08/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1983/08/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1983/08/01 00:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1002/ajpa.1330610407 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Am J Phys Anthropol. 1983 Aug;61(4):447-52. doi: 10.1002/ajpa.1330610407.