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Bone Collagen Quality Indicators for Palaeodietary and Radiocarbon Measurements
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In this article, chemical, elemental and isotopic parameters for the assessment of collagen quality are discussed, and it is concluded that there is no unequivocal way to detect natural levels of contamination with the discussed parameters, although their use can identify many cases.About:
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Current Pretreatment Methods for AMS Radiocarbon Dating at the Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit (Orau)
TL;DR: In this article, the main chemical pretreatment protocols currently used for AMS radiocarbon dating at the Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit, updating the protocols last described by Hedges et al.
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The survival of organic matter in bone: a review
Matthew J. Collins,Christina M. Nielsen-Marsh,Jennifer Hiller,Colin Smith,J. P. Roberts,Richard V. Prigodich,Tim J Wess,János Csapó,Andrew R. Millard,Gordon Turner-Walker +9 more
TL;DR: If bone is considered as a composite of collagen (protein) and bioapatite (mineral), then three pathways of diagenesis are identified: (1) chemical deterioration of the organic phase; (2) chemical deteriorated of the mineral phase; and (3) (micro) biological attack of the composite.
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The Beaker phenomenon and the genomic transformation of northwest Europe
Iñigo Olalde,Selina Brace,Morten E. Allentoft,Ian Armit,Kristian Kristiansen,Thomas J. Booth,Nadin Rohland,Swapan Mallick,Swapan Mallick,Swapan Mallick,Anna Szécsényi-Nagy,Alissa Mittnik,Alissa Mittnik,Eveline Altena,Mark Lipson,Iosif Lazaridis,Iosif Lazaridis,Thomas K. Harper,Nick Patterson,Nasreen Broomandkhoshbacht,Nasreen Broomandkhoshbacht,Yoan Diekmann,Zuzana Faltyskova,Daniel Fernandes,Daniel Fernandes,Daniel Fernandes,Matthew Ferry,Matthew Ferry,Eadaoin Harney,Peter de Knijff,Megan Michel,Megan Michel,Jonas Oppenheimer,Jonas Oppenheimer,Kristin Stewardson,Kristin Stewardson,Alistair Barclay,Kurt W. Alt,Kurt W. Alt,Corina Liesau,Patricia Ríos,Concepción Blasco,Jorge Vega de Miguel,Roberto Menduiña García,Azucena Avilés Fernández,Eszter Bánffy,Eszter Bánffy,Maria Bernabò-Brea,David Billoin,Clive Bonsall,Laura Bonsall,Tim Allen,Lindsey Büster,Sophie Carver,Laura Castells Navarro,Oliver E. Craig,Gordon Cook,Barry Cunliffe,Anthony Denaire,Kirsten Egging Dinwiddy,Natasha Dodwell,Michal Ernée,Christopher Evans,Milan Kuchařík,Joan Francès Farré,Chris Fowler,Michiel Gazenbeek,Rafael Garrido Pena,María Haber-Uriarte,Elżbieta Haduch,Gill Hey,Nick Jowett,Timothy D J Knowles,Ken Massy,Saskia Pfrengle,Philippe Lefranc,Olivier Lemercier,Arnaud Lefebvre,Arnaud Lefebvre,César Heras Martínez,Virginia Galera Olmo,Ana Bastida Ramírez,Joaquín Lomba Maurandi,Tona Majó,Jacqueline I. McKinley,Kathleen McSweeney,Balázs Gusztáv Mende,Alessandra Modi,Gabriella Kulcsár,Viktória Kiss,András Czene,Róbert Patay,Anna Endrődi,Kitti Köhler,Tamás Hajdu,Tamás Hajdu,Tamás Szeniczey,János Dani,Zsolt Bernert,Maya Hoole,Olivia Cheronet,Olivia Cheronet,Denise Keating,Petr Velemínský,Miroslav Dobeš,Francesca Candilio,Francesca Candilio,Fraser Brown,Raúl Flores Fernández,Ana-Mercedes Herrero-Corral,Sebastiano Tusa,Emiliano Carnieri,Luigi Lentini,Antonella Valenti,Alessandro Zanini,Clive Waddington,Germán Delibes,Elisa Guerra-Doce,Benjamin Neil,Marcus Brittain,Mike Luke,Richard Mortimer,Jocelyne Desideri,Marie Besse,Günter Brücken,Mirosław Furmanek,Agata Hałuszko,Maksym Mackiewicz,Artur Rapiński,Stephany Leach,Ignacio Soriano,Katina T. Lillios,João Luís Cardoso,João Luís Cardoso,Mike Parker Pearson,Piotr Włodarczak,T. Douglas Price,Pilar Prieto,Pierre-Jérôme Rey,Roberto Risch,Manuel Ángel Rojo Guerra,Aurore Schmitt,Joël Serralongue,Ana Maria Silva,Václav Smrčka,Luc Vergnaud,João Zilhão,João Zilhão,João Zilhão,David Caramelli,Thomas Higham,Mark G. Thomas,Douglas J. Kennett,Harry Fokkens,Volker M Heyd,Volker M Heyd,Alison Sheridan,Karl-Göran Sjögren,Philipp W. Stockhammer,Philipp W. Stockhammer,Johannes Krause,Ron Pinhasi,Ron Pinhasi,Wolfgang Haak,Wolfgang Haak,Ian Barnes,Carles Lalueza-Fox,David Reich,David Reich,David Reich +169 more
TL;DR: Genome-wide data from 400 Neolithic, Copper Age and Bronze Age Europeans is presented, finding limited genetic affinity between Beaker-complex-associated individuals from Iberia and central Europe, and excludes migration as an important mechanism of spread between these two regions.
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Pathogens and host immunity in the ancient human oral cavity
Christina Warinner,João Domingos Rodrigues,Rounak Vyas,Christian Trachsel,Natallia Shved,Jonas Grossmann,Anita Radini,Y. Hancock,Raul Y. Tito,Sarah Fiddyment,Camilla Speller,Jessica Hendy,Sophy Charlton,Hans U. Luder,Domingo C. Salazar-García,Elisabeth Eppler,Roger Seiler,Lars Hestbjerg Hansen,José Alfredo Samaniego Castruita,Simon Barkow-Oesterreicher,Kai Yik Teoh,Christian D. Kelstrup,Jesper V. Olsen,Paolo Nanni,Toshihisa Kawai,Eske Willerslev,Christian von Mering,Cecil M. Lewis,Matthew J. Collins,M. Thomas P. Gilbert,Frank J Rühli,Enrico Cappellini +31 more
TL;DR: This work reports the first, to their knowledge, high-resolution taxonomic and protein functional characterization of the ancient oral microbiome and demonstrates that the oral cavity has long served as a reservoir for bacteria implicated in both local and systemic disease.
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Postmortem preservation and alteration of in vivo bone collagen isotope ratios in relation to palaeodietary reconstruction
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present the first examination of the validity of this assumption and show that postmortem alteration of bone collagen isotope ratios does occur, but that it is possible to identify prehistoric bones whose collagen has not undergone such alteration.
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Accelerator Radiocarbon Dating at the Molecular-Level
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Alteration of 15N14N and 13C12C ratios of plant matter during the initial stages of diagenesis: Studies utilizing archaeological specimens from Peru
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