The globalization of naval provisioning: ancient DNA and stable isotope analyses of stored cod from the wreck of the Mary Rose, AD 1545

A comparison of ancient DNA (single-nucleotide polymorphisms) and carbon and nitrogen stable isotope evidence suggests that stored cod provisions recovered from the wreck of the Tudor warship Mary Rose, which sank in the Solent, southern England, in 1545, had been caught in northern and transatlanti...

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Published in:Royal Society Open Science
Main Authors: Hutchinson, William F., Culling, Mark, Orton, David C., Hänfling, Bernd, Lawson Handley, Lori, Hamilton-Dyer, Sheila, O'Connell, Tamsin C., Richards, Michael P., Barrett, James H.
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: The Royal Society Publishing 2015
Subjects:
Genetics
Iceland
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4593681/
https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.150199
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Summary:A comparison of ancient DNA (single-nucleotide polymorphisms) and carbon and nitrogen stable isotope evidence suggests that stored cod provisions recovered from the wreck of the Tudor warship Mary Rose, which sank in the Solent, southern England, in 1545, had been caught in northern and transatlantic waters such as the northern North Sea and the fishing grounds of Iceland and Newfoundland. This discovery, underpinned by control data from archaeological samples of cod bones from potential source regions, illuminates the role of naval provisioning in the early development of extensive sea fisheries, with their long-term economic and ecological impacts.

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