Critical Perspectives on Ancient DNA

The first comprehensive critical analysis of the practices and consequences of ancient DNA research. This edited collection, Taking a multidisciplinary and multisite approach to the topic, the essays offer important insights into the epistemological, ethical, and political consequences around and beyond the scientific analysis of aDNA. As such, Contributors Ruth Amstutz, Chip Colwell, Magnus Fiskesjö, K. Ann Horsburgh, Anna Källén, Stewart B. Koyiyumptewa, Amade M’charek, Charlotte Mulcare, Andreas Nyblom, Venla Oikkonen, Mélanie Pruvost, Marianne Sommer, Daniel Strand

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edited by Daniel Strand, Anna Källén, and Charlotte Mulcare

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Critical Perspectives on Ancient DNA: An Introduction
Daniel Strand and Anna Källén

1. Gained in Translation: Interdisciplinary Challenges in Ancient DNA
   Charlotte Mulcare and Mélanie Pruvost
2. Diagrams of Human Genetic Kinship and Diversity: From the Tree to the Mosaic and the Network? 
   Marianne Sommer and Ruth Amstutz
3. Past Pathogens and Precarious Futures 
   Venla Oikkonen
4. Twisting Strings: Hopi Ancestors and Ancient DNA
   Stewart B. Koyiyumptewa and Chip Colwell
5. Whitewashing the Neanderthal: Doing Time with Ancient DNA
   Amade M’charek
6. The Lagertha Complex: Archaeogenomics and the Viking Stage
   Andreas Nyblom
7. Ancient DNA and the Politics of Ethnicity in Neo-Nationalist China
   Magnus Fiskesjö