Archives of human-dog relationships: Genetic and stable isotope analysis of Arctic fur clothing
Among Indigenous populations of the Circumpolar North, domestic dogs (Canis familiaris) were social actors aiding in traction and subsistence activities. Less commonly, dogs fulfilled a fur-bearing role in both the North American and Siberian Arctic. Examples of garments featuring dog skins were col...
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ftleedsuniv:oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:163955 2023-05-15T14:24:39+02:00 Archives of human-dog relationships: Genetic and stable isotope analysis of Arctic fur clothing Harris, Alison Feuerborn, Tatiana Sinding, Mikkel-Holger Nottingham, James Knudsen, Robert Rey-Iglesia, Alba Schmidt, Anne Lisbeth Appelt, Martin Grønnow, Bjarne Alexander, Michelle Marie Eriksson, Gunilla Dalén, Love Hansen, Anders J. Lidén, Kerstin 2020-07-17 text https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/163955/ https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/163955/1/1_s2.0_S0278416520300520_main.pdf https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaa.2020.101200 en eng https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/163955/1/1_s2.0_S0278416520300520_main.pdf Harris, Alison, Feuerborn, Tatiana, Sinding, Mikkel-Holger et al. (11 more authors) (2020) Archives of human-dog relationships: Genetic and stable isotope analysis of Arctic fur clothing. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology. 101200. ISSN 0278-4165 cc_by CC-BY Article PeerReviewed 2020 ftleedsuniv https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaa.2020.101200 2023-02-23T23:16:46Z Among Indigenous populations of the Circumpolar North, domestic dogs (Canis familiaris) were social actors aiding in traction and subsistence activities. Less commonly, dogs fulfilled a fur-bearing role in both the North American and Siberian Arctic. Examples of garments featuring dog skins were collected during the 19th-20th centuries and are now curated by the National Museum of Denmark. We sequenced the mitochondrial genomes of macroscopically identified dog skin garments. We conducted stable carbon and nitrogen isotope ratio analysis of the dog furs and of fur samples from contemporaneous pelts of Arctic (C. lupus arctos) and grey (C. lupus) wolves. Despite the presence of biocides used to protect the fur clothing during storage, we extracted well-preserved DNA using a minimally-invasive sampling protocol. Unexpectedly, the mtDNA genomes of one-third of the samples were consistent with wild taxa, rather than domestic dogs. The strong marine component in the diets of North American dogs distinguished them from Greenland and Canadian wolves, but Siberian dogs consumed diets that were isotopically similar to wild species. We found that dog provisioning practices were variable across the Arctic, but in all cases, involved considerable human labor. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic Greenland White Rose Research Online (Universities of Leeds, Sheffield & York) Arctic Greenland Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 59 101200 |
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Among Indigenous populations of the Circumpolar North, domestic dogs (Canis familiaris) were social actors aiding in traction and subsistence activities. Less commonly, dogs fulfilled a fur-bearing role in both the North American and Siberian Arctic. Examples of garments featuring dog skins were collected during the 19th-20th centuries and are now curated by the National Museum of Denmark. We sequenced the mitochondrial genomes of macroscopically identified dog skin garments. We conducted stable carbon and nitrogen isotope ratio analysis of the dog furs and of fur samples from contemporaneous pelts of Arctic (C. lupus arctos) and grey (C. lupus) wolves. Despite the presence of biocides used to protect the fur clothing during storage, we extracted well-preserved DNA using a minimally-invasive sampling protocol. Unexpectedly, the mtDNA genomes of one-third of the samples were consistent with wild taxa, rather than domestic dogs. The strong marine component in the diets of North American dogs distinguished them from Greenland and Canadian wolves, but Siberian dogs consumed diets that were isotopically similar to wild species. We found that dog provisioning practices were variable across the Arctic, but in all cases, involved considerable human labor. |
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Harris, Alison Feuerborn, Tatiana Sinding, Mikkel-Holger Nottingham, James Knudsen, Robert Rey-Iglesia, Alba Schmidt, Anne Lisbeth Appelt, Martin Grønnow, Bjarne Alexander, Michelle Marie Eriksson, Gunilla Dalén, Love Hansen, Anders J. Lidén, Kerstin |
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Harris, Alison Feuerborn, Tatiana Sinding, Mikkel-Holger Nottingham, James Knudsen, Robert Rey-Iglesia, Alba Schmidt, Anne Lisbeth Appelt, Martin Grønnow, Bjarne Alexander, Michelle Marie Eriksson, Gunilla Dalén, Love Hansen, Anders J. Lidén, Kerstin Archives of human-dog relationships: Genetic and stable isotope analysis of Arctic fur clothing |
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Harris, Alison Feuerborn, Tatiana Sinding, Mikkel-Holger Nottingham, James Knudsen, Robert Rey-Iglesia, Alba Schmidt, Anne Lisbeth Appelt, Martin Grønnow, Bjarne Alexander, Michelle Marie Eriksson, Gunilla Dalén, Love Hansen, Anders J. Lidén, Kerstin |
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Archives of human-dog relationships: Genetic and stable isotope analysis of Arctic fur clothing |
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Archives of human-dog relationships: Genetic and stable isotope analysis of Arctic fur clothing |
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Archives of human-dog relationships: Genetic and stable isotope analysis of Arctic fur clothing |
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Archives of human-dog relationships: Genetic and stable isotope analysis of Arctic fur clothing |
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Archives of human-dog relationships: Genetic and stable isotope analysis of Arctic fur clothing |
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archives of human-dog relationships: genetic and stable isotope analysis of arctic fur clothing |
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https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/163955/1/1_s2.0_S0278416520300520_main.pdf Harris, Alison, Feuerborn, Tatiana, Sinding, Mikkel-Holger et al. (11 more authors) (2020) Archives of human-dog relationships: Genetic and stable isotope analysis of Arctic fur clothing. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology. 101200. ISSN 0278-4165 |
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