Minimally destructive DNA extraction from archaeological artefacts made from whale baleen

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3750-3753

  Sinding, Mikkel Holger S ^a   Gilbert, M Thomas P ^a   Grønnow, Bjarne ^b   Gulløv, Hans Christian ^b   Toft, Peter A ^b   Foote, Andrew D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b SILA Artic Center at the Ethnographic Collection at the National Museum of Denmark   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Ancient DNA; Baleen Artifacts; Palaeo Eskimo

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARTIFACT; DNA; EXCAVATION; POPULATION GENETICS; WHALE;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

BALAENIDAE; CETACEA; MYSTICETI;

EID: 84864970384     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2012.06.020     Document Type: Article

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