A sunken ship of the desert at the river Danube in Tulln, Austria

Rescue excavations recovered a skeleton that resurrect the contemporary dramatic history of Austria in the 17th century as troops besieged Vienna in the second Osmanic-Habsburg war. Unique for Central Europe is the evidence of a completely preserved camel skeleton uncovered in a large refuse pit. Th...

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Published in:PloS one 2015-04, Vol.10 (4), p.e0121235-e0121235
Main Authors: Galik, Alfred, Mohandesan, Elmira, Forstenpointner, Gerhard, Scholz, Ute Maria, Ruiz, Emily, Krenn, Martin, Burger, Pamela
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
17th century
Animals
Archaeology
Austria
Camelidae
Camelus
Camelus - genetics
Camelus - physiology
Camelus bactrianus
Camelus dromedarius
Deoxyribonucleic acid
Desert animals
Deserts
Discriminant analysis
DNA
DNA, Mitochondrial - analysis
DNA, Mitochondrial - isolation & purification
Embryology
Evolution
Histology
History, 18th Century
Male
Morphology
Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
Population genetics
Renovation & restoration
Rivers
Ships
Ships - history
Skull - anatomy & histology
Skull - metabolism
Zoology
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Summary:Rescue excavations recovered a skeleton that resurrect the contemporary dramatic history of Austria in the 17th century as troops besieged Vienna in the second Osmanic-Habsburg war. Unique for Central Europe is the evidence of a completely preserved camel skeleton uncovered in a large refuse pit. The male individual of slender stature indicates a few but characteristic pathological changes revealing not a beast of burden but probably a valuable riding animal. Anatomical and morphometrical analyses suggest a hybrid confirmed by the ancient DNA analyses resulting in the presence of a dromedary in the maternal and a Bactrian camel in the paternal line.
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0121235