Species identification of archaeological marine mammals using collagen fingerprinting

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 41, Issue , 2014, Pages 631-641

  Buckley, M ^a   Fraser, S ^b   Herman, J ^c   Melton, N D ^d   Mulville, J ^e   Palsdottir A H ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^d DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Archaeological collagen; Cetaceans; Marine mammals; Pinnipeds; Proteomics; Species identification; ZooMS

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CETACEAN; COLLAGEN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MESOLITHIC; PINNIPED; PROTEOMICS; ARCHAEOLOGY; BONE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MORPHOLOGY; SKELETAL REMAINS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

CETACEA; MAMMALIA; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 84886255463     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2013.08.021     Document Type: Article

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