Comparing the survival of osteocalcin and mtDNA in archaeological bone from four European sites

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1756-1764

  Buckley, Michael ^a   Anderung, Cecilia ^b   Penkman, Kirsty ^a   Raney, Brian J ^c   Götherström, Anders ^d   Thomas Oates, Jane ^a   Collins, Matthew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c University of California Santa Cruz   (United States)

^d Department of Evolutionary Biology ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

African elephant; Ancient DNA; Asine; Biomolecular archaeology; Bushbaby; Collagen; Hedgehog; Lerna; Lesser hedgehog; Opossum; Osteocalcin; Pig tailed macaque; Portal n; Protein mass spectrometry; Tree shrew; Zauschwitz; ZooMS

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; BONE; DNA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PROTEIN; SURVIVAL;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

DIDELPHIDAE; ERINACEIDAE; LOXODONTA; MACACA NEMESTRINA; MAMMALIA; TUPAIIDAE;

EID: 42149185732     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2007.11.022     Document Type: Article

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