Environment and excavation: Pre-lab impacts on ancient DNA analyses

Comptes Rendus - Palevol

Volumn 7, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 91-98

  Bollongino, Ruth ^a,b   Tresset, Anne ^a   Vigne, Jean Denis ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ancient DNA; Contamination; DNA preservation; Excavation techniques; Molecular genetics; Sampling strategy

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; CONTAMINATION; DEGRADATION; DNA;

ARCHAEOLOGY; CATTLE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; DNA; GENETICS; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PALEONTOLOGY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

BOS;

EID: 43149085990     PISSN: 16310683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crpv.2008.02.002     Document Type: Article

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