'The Farm Beneath the Sand' - An archaeological case study on ancient 'dirt' DNA

Antiquity

Volumn 83, Issue 320, 2009, Pages 430-444

  Hebsgaard, Martin B ^a   Gilbert, M Thomas P ^a   Arneborg, Jette ^b   Heyn, Patricia ^a   Allentoft, Morten E ^c   Bunce, Michael ^d   Munch, Kasper ^e   Schweger, Charles ^f   Willerslev, Eske ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b National Museum of Denmark   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^d MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

AMS dating; Ancient DNA; Greenland; Norse

Indexed keywords

EID: 76049115907     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: 0003598X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00098537     Document Type: Article

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