Anon-binaryburial

Anintriguingreinterpretationofanancientgrave

Thepastisnotalwayswhatyouthinkitwas

Aug5th

一个非二进制埋葬

一个古老坟墓的有趣的重新解释

过去并不总是你想的那样

年8月5日

INAGRAVEdatingfromaboutwasuncoverednearHattula,inFinland.Littleremainedoftheoccupant’sskeleton,buttheinhumationincludedtwoswordsandasheathedknife.Suchgravegoodswouldnormallysuggestsaidoccupantwasaman.Theskeletonwas,however,alsoadornedwithbroochesandwoollenclothingoftypesmoreusuallywornatthetimebywomen.Thisledtospeculationthattheburialwasactuallyofapowerfulwoman,possiblyalocalrulerinherownrightratherthanjustthewifeofamalemonarch.

年，芬兰哈图拉附近发现了一座建于年左右的坟墓。居住者的骨骼所剩无几，但尸体中有两把剑和一把带鞘的刀。这些墓葬通常表明死者是男性。然而，这具骨架上还装饰着胸针和当时女性更常穿的羊毛服装。这引发了人们的猜测，即埋葬的实际上是一位有权势的女性，可能是一位当地的统治者，而不仅仅是一位男性君主的妻子。

Thiswouldbenoteworthyenough.Butare-examinationoftheremains,justpublishedintheEuropeanJournalofArchaeologybyUllaMoilanenoftheUniversityofTurkuandElinaSalmelaoftheUniversityofHelsinki,suggeststhetruthmaybeyetmoreintriguing.MsMoilanenandDrSalmelasuspectthattheindividualinquestionmayhavehadoutwardcharacteristicsofbothamanandawoman.

这就足够值得注意了。但是，由图尔库大学的UllaMoilanen和赫尔辛基大学的ElinaSalmela在《欧洲考古学杂志》上发表的对这些遗骸的重新检查表明，真相可能更加有趣。Moilanen女士和Salmela博士怀疑这个人可能同时具有男性和女性的外在特征。

Inworkingoutthesexofaskeletoninanancientgravewastricky.Afteryearsofdeterioration,thebonesofmenandwomenlookpretty-muchalike.ButthatwasbeforetheuseofDNAbecamepossible.SoMsMoilanenandDrSalmelathoughtitworthtryingagain.

年，在一个古老的坟墓中确定骨骼的性别是很棘手的。经过多年的老化，男人和女人的骨骼看起来非常相似。但那是在DNA的使用成为可能之前。所以Moilanen女士和Salmela博士认为值得再试一次。

Mostpeoplehavetwosexchromosomes:XXinwomenandXYinmen.FindDNAfromaY-chromosomeinaskeletonandthechancesarethebodyinquestionwasmale.And,lookingatafragmentoffemurbroughttoherbyMsMoilanen,whoisthearchaeologistinthecollaboration,DrSalmela,whoisthegeneticist,didindeedfindsuchDNA.Butnotmuchofit.Thatledhertowonderaboutcontamination,butalsotoconsiderwhethertheindividualinthegravehadhadanextraX-chromosomethatwasswampingthesignalfromtheY.Havingananomalousnumberofsexchromosomesisrare,butnotvanishinglyso.Theparticular

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