Distinguishing between archaeological sheep and goat bones using a single collagen peptide

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 13-20

  Buckley, Mike ^a   Whitcher Kansa, Sarah ^b   Howard, Sarah ^c   Campbell, Stuart ^c   Thomas Oates, Jane ^a   Collins, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b Alexandria Archive Institute   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Archaeological proteomics; Biomolecular archaeology; Collagen; Domuztepe; Goat; MALDI; Sheep; Species identification

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; BIOMARKER; BONE; COLLAGEN; GOAT; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MORPHOLOGY; NEOLITHIC; PEPTIDE; SHEEP; SURVIVAL;

EURASIA; TURKEY;

CAPRA; CAPRA HIRCUS; CAPRA IBEX; HEMITRAGUS JEMLAHICUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 70350751437     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2009.08.020     Document Type: Article

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