Ancient DNA in archaeological wheat grains: Preservation conditions and the study of pre-Hispanic agriculture on the island of Gran Canaria (Spain)

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 828-835

  Oliveira, Hugo R ^a,e   Civáň, Peter ^b,c   Morales, Jacob ^d   Rodríguez Rodríguez, Amelia ^d   Lister, Diane L ^e   Jones, Martin K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^e MCDONALD INSTITUTE FOR ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Ancient DNA; Canary Islands; Microsatellites; Preservation; Wheat

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARCHAEOLOGY; DNA; GENETIC MARKER; GENOTYPE; PRESERVATION; WHEAT;

CANARY ISLANDS; GRAN CANARIA; LAS PALMAS; SPAIN;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; TRITICUM TURGIDUM SUBSP. DURUM;

EID: 84856375595     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2011.10.008     Document Type: Article

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