Mitochondrial DNA from 3000-year old chickens at the Teouma site, Vanuatu

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2459-2468

  Storey, Alice A ^a   Spriggs, Matthew ^b   Bedford, Stuart ^b   Hawkins, Stuart C ^b   Robins, Judith H ^a   Huynen, Leon ^c   Matisoo Smith, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Ancient DNA; Archaeology; Chicken; Lapita; Mitochondrial DNA; Pacific; Vanuatu

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PREHISTORIC; SKELETON;

VANUATU;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 77955271207     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2010.05.006     Document Type: Article

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