Following the discovery in the late 1980s that hard tissues such as bones and teeth preserve
genetic information, the field of ancient DNA analysis has typically concentrated upon these …

Perishable Material Culture in Prehistory provides new approaches and integrates a broad
range of data to address a neglected topic, organic material in the prehistoric record …

Over the past four decades, several functional hypotheses have been proposed for
archaeological ochre. Ochre has been shown to have antiseptic properties and to inhibit the …

Denmark has an extraordinarily large and well-preserved collection of archaeological skin
garments found in peat bogs, dated to approximately 920 BC–AD 775. These objects …

Background The current extensive use of the domestic goat (Capra hircus) is the result of its
medium size and high adaptability as multiple breeds. The extent to which its genetic …

The uptake of sedimentary ancient DNA (sedaDNA) in archaeology appears to be rather
behind that in areas such as palaeoecology, palaeolimnology and Quaternary sciences in …

In this paper, two species identification methods are compared and discussed based on a
case study of medieval archaeological leather shoe parts from the Danish cities of Ribe …

The attire of the Tyrolean Iceman, a 5,300-year-old natural mummy from the Ötzal Italian
Alps, provides a surviving example of ancient manufacturing technologies. Research into his …

Identification of the animal source of leather is difficult using traditional methods, including
microscopic observation and PCR. In the present study, a LC-MS method was developed for …

Domestication is an ongoing process continuously changing the lives of animals and
humans and the environment. For the majority of European cattle (Bos taurus) genetic and …