'The Farm Beneath the Sand' - An archaeological case study on ancient 'dirt' DNA

Martin B. Hebsgaard; M. Thomas P. Gilbert; Jette Arneborg; Patricia Heyn; Morten E. Allentoft; Michael Bunce; Kasper Munch; Charles Schweger; Eske Willerslev

doi:10.1017/S0003598X00098537

'The Farm Beneath the Sand' - An archaeological case study on ancient 'dirt' DNA

Martin B. Hebsgaard, M. Thomas P. Gilbert, Jette Arneborg, Patricia Heyn, Morten E. Allentoft, Michael Bunce, Kasper Munch, Charles Schweger, Eske Willerslev^*

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Abstract

It is probable that 'The Farm Beneath the Sand' will come to stand for a revolution in archaeological investigation. The authors show that a core of soil from an open field can provide a narrative of grazing animals, human occupation and their departure, just using DNA and AMS dating. In this case the conventional archaeological remains were nearby, and the sequence obtained by the old methods of digging and faunal analysis correlated well with the story from the core of ancient 'dirt' DNA. T.

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Tidsskrift	Antiquity
Vol/bind	83
Nummer	320
Sider (fra-til)	430-444
Antal sider	15
ISSN	0003-598X
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003598X00098537
Status	Udgivet - 1 jan. 2009
Udgivet eksternt	Ja

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