The Irish are Not Celts

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At the risk of overdoing the Latin America analogy here is a link that explains how a genetic admixture study is done:

http://www.pnas.org/content/103/19/7234.full?ck=nck

Latin America is much easier to study than prehistoric Ireland for the obvious fact that the genetic evidence can be referenced against the historical record.

Actually, in Mexico the Spanish colonial authorities kept meticulous census records. Think head count and income. I’ve used copies of several examples to make correlations between residential architecture and demography, then applied this to prehistoric settlements in the southwest US. Also the Spanish didn’t directly kill millions of potentially loyal and income producing Mexica, Mixtec, Maya, Tlaxcalan, Zapotec, Tlaxcalans, and of course Tarascan subjects. For the most part it was Variola vera that did the lion's share of the killing.


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