Searching for Scandinavians in pre-Viking Scotland: Molecular fingerprinting of Early Medieval combs

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 41, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-6

  Von Holstein, Isabella C C ^a   Ashby, Steven P ^a   van Doorn, Nienke L ^a   Sachs, Stacie M ^a   Buckley, Michael ^b   Meiri, Meirav ^c   Barnes, Ian ^d   Brundle, Anne ^e   Collins, Matthew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e Orkney Museum   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ADNA; Collagen; Combs; Early Medieval; Orkney; Peptide mass fingerprinting

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARCHAEOLOGY; ARTIFACT; BONE; COLLAGEN; DNA; FORENSIC SCIENCE; MATERIAL CULTURE; MEDIEVAL; NINETEENTH CENTURY; PEPTIDE; CULTURAL LANDSCAPE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; IDENTIFICATION METHOD;

ORKNEY; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

CERVUS ELAPHUS; CETACEA; RANGIFER TARANDUS;

EID: 84884358660     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2013.07.026     Document Type: Article

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