Species identification of archaeological marine mammals using collagen fingerprinting
Throughout human history, coastal and marine resources have been a vital part of human subsistence. As a result archaeological faunal assemblages from coastal sites often contain large quantities of skeletal remains indicative of human interaction with marine mammals. However, these are often hard t...
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ftnmscotland:oai:repository.nms.ac.uk:1111 2023-05-15T17:32:26+02:00 Species identification of archaeological marine mammals using collagen fingerprinting Buckley, M Fraser, S Herman, Jeremy S Melton , N D Mulville, J Pálsdóttir, A H 2014-01 application/pdf http://repository.nms.ac.uk/1111/ http://repository.nms.ac.uk/1111/1/1111_Species_identification_of_archaeological_marine_mammals.pdf https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2013.08.021 en eng Elsevier http://repository.nms.ac.uk/1111/1/1111_Species_identification_of_archaeological_marine_mammals.pdf Buckley, M, Fraser, S, Herman, Jeremy S <http://repository.nms.ac.uk/view/nmsauthors/Herman=3AJeremy_S=3A=3A.html>, Melton , N D, Mulville, J and Pálsdóttir, A H (2014) Species identification of archaeological marine mammals using collagen fingerprinting. Journal of Archaeological Science, 41 (2). pp. 631-641. ISSN 0305-4403 doi:10.1016/j.jas.2013.08.021 cc_by_nc_nd CC-BY-NC-ND QH301 Biology Article PeerReviewed 2014 ftnmscotland https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2013.08.021 2019-11-09T11:03:18Z Throughout human history, coastal and marine resources have been a vital part of human subsistence. As a result archaeological faunal assemblages from coastal sites often contain large quantities of skeletal remains indicative of human interaction with marine mammals. However, these are often hard to identify due to a unique combination of factors regarding the procurement, utilisation, morphological and physical characteristics of marine mammal bones. These factors often result in a large number of archaeological cetacean and pinniped specimens fragmented beyond visual recognition, being labelled ‘whale’ or ‘marine mammal’. In this paper we report the development of a Zooarchaeology by Mass Spectrometry (ZooMS) method of collagen fingerprinting, for efficient and low cost discrimination of a wide range of marine mammal species including cetaceans and pinnipeds. We apply the technique to more than fifty archaeological specimens from seven different North Atlantic sites ranging from the Mesolithic until the Early Modern period. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic Unknown Journal of Archaeological Science 41 631 641 |
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Throughout human history, coastal and marine resources have been a vital part of human subsistence. As a result archaeological faunal assemblages from coastal sites often contain large quantities of skeletal remains indicative of human interaction with marine mammals. However, these are often hard to identify due to a unique combination of factors regarding the procurement, utilisation, morphological and physical characteristics of marine mammal bones. These factors often result in a large number of archaeological cetacean and pinniped specimens fragmented beyond visual recognition, being labelled ‘whale’ or ‘marine mammal’. In this paper we report the development of a Zooarchaeology by Mass Spectrometry (ZooMS) method of collagen fingerprinting, for efficient and low cost discrimination of a wide range of marine mammal species including cetaceans and pinnipeds. We apply the technique to more than fifty archaeological specimens from seven different North Atlantic sites ranging from the Mesolithic until the Early Modern period. |
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Buckley, M Fraser, S Herman, Jeremy S Melton , N D Mulville, J Pálsdóttir, A H |
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Species identification of archaeological marine mammals using collagen fingerprinting |
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Species identification of archaeological marine mammals using collagen fingerprinting |
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species identification of archaeological marine mammals using collagen fingerprinting |
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http://repository.nms.ac.uk/1111/1/1111_Species_identification_of_archaeological_marine_mammals.pdf Buckley, M, Fraser, S, Herman, Jeremy S <http://repository.nms.ac.uk/view/nmsauthors/Herman=3AJeremy_S=3A=3A.html>, Melton , N D, Mulville, J and Pálsdóttir, A H (2014) Species identification of archaeological marine mammals using collagen fingerprinting. Journal of Archaeological Science, 41 (2). pp. 631-641. ISSN 0305-4403 doi:10.1016/j.jas.2013.08.021 |
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