Ancient DNA fragments inside Classical Greek amphoras reveal cargo of 2400-year-old shipwreck

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1169-1176

  Hansson, Maria C ^a,b   Foley, Brendan P ^b,c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c Society   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphoras; Ancient DNA; Greece; Shipwreck

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARTIFACT; CIVILIZATION; DNA; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX; SOCIAL HISTORY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

AMPHORA; ORIGANUM;

EID: 40749116799     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2007.08.009     Document Type: Article

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