Collagen fingerprinting of archaeological bone and teeth remains from Domuztepe, South Eastern Turkey

Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 271-280

  Buckley, Mike ^a,b   Kansa, Sarah Whitcher ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c Alexandria Archive Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Archaeological proteomics; Collagen fingerprinting; MALDI; ZooMS

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872476201     PISSN: 18669557     EISSN: 18669565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12520-011-0066-z     Document Type: Article

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