Roman trade relationships at Sagalassos (Turkey) elucidated by ancient DNA of fish remains

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1095-1105

  Arndt, Allan ^a,b   Van Neer, Wim ^c   Hellemans, Bart ^a   Robben, Johan ^d   Volckaert, Filip ^a   Waelken, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b BRANDON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

^d LABORATORY OF GENE TECHNOLOGY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ancient DNA; Archaeozoology; Clarias gariepinus; Mitochondrial DNA; Trade; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; DNA; FISH; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; ROMAN ERA; TRADE;

SAGALASSOS; TURKEY;

CLARIAS GARIEPINUS;

EID: 0043067004     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-4403(02)00204-2     Document Type: Article

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