Paleoproteomics

C Warinner, K Korzow Richter, MJ Collins - Chemical reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
Paleoproteomics, the study of ancient proteins, is a rapidly growing field at the intersection of
molecular biology, paleontology, archaeology, paleoecology, and history. Paleoproteomics …

A primer for ZooMS applications in archaeology

KK Richter, MC Codlin, M Seabrook… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Collagen peptide mass fingerprinting by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-
flight (MALDI-TOF) mass spectrometry, also known as zooarchaeology by mass …

What's the catch? Archaeological application of rapid collagen-based species identification for Pacific Salmon

KK Richter, K McGrath, E Masson-MacLean… - Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.) are ecological and cultural keystone species along the
Northwest Coast of North America and are ubiquitous in archaeological sites of the region …

An application of zooms to identify archaeological avian fauna from Teotihuacan, Mexico

MC Codlin, K Douka, KK Richter - Journal of Archaeological Science, 2022 - Elsevier
The remains of aquatic birds often represent the best surviving evidence for prehispanic lake
exploitation in highland Central Mexico, an important center of urban development with vast …

Artefact Profiling: Panomics Approaches for Understanding the Materiality of Written Artefacts

M Creydt, M Fischer - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
This review explains the strategies behind genomics, proteomics, metabolomics,
metallomics and isotopolomics approaches and their applicability to written artefacts. The …

SpecieScan: semi-automated taxonomic identification of bone collagen peptides from MALDI-ToF-MS

EI Végh, K Douka - Bioinformatics, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Motivation Zooarchaeology by Mass Spectrometry (ZooMS) is a palaeoproteomics
method for the taxonomic determination of collagen, which traditionally involves challenging …

A biological reading of a palimpsest

LC Viñas-Caron, IR Palomo, N Fazlic, J Vnouček… - Iscience, 2023 - cell.com
Summary In the Middle Ages, texts were recorded and preserved on parchment, an animal-
derived material. When this resource was scarce, older manuscripts were sometimes …

A biocodicological analysis of the medieval library and archive from Orval Abbey, Belgium

N Ruffini-Ronzani, JF Nieus… - Royal Society …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Biocodicological analysis of parchments from manuscript books and archives offers
unprecedented insight into the materiality of medieval literacy. Using ZooMS for animal …

Human and animal subsistence in northern Iberia during the Late Chalcolithic-Bronze Age: biomolecular insights from Muela de Borja, Ebro Valley

LC Viñas-Caron, I Aguilera, T Jakob… - Archaeological and …, 2022 - Springer
This study explores human diet and animal management strategies in multiple Late
Chalcolithic and Bronze Age (2550–1200 cal BCE) sites (Moncín, Majaladares, El …

Spectroscopic and mass spectrometry-based in-situ investigation of a 17th-century handwritten academic diploma on illuminated parchment

ECL Rigante, CD Calvano, A Monno, M Moroni… - Microchemical …, 2023 - Elsevier
In 2008, more than 300 ancient scrolls, some of which were preciously illuminated, were
recovered in Chicago (USA) after being stolen and illegally exported. These scrolls …