‘The Farm Beneath the Sand’ – an archaeological case study on ancient ‘dirt’ DNA

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 t...

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Published in:Antiquity 2009-06, Vol.83 (320), p.430-444
Main Authors: Hebsgaard, Martin B., Gilbert, M. Thomas P., Arneborg, Jette, Heyn, Patricia, Allentoft, Morten E., Bunce, Michael, Munch, Kasper, Schweger, Charles, Willerslev, Eske
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AMS dating
ancient DNA
Animals
Antiquity
Archaeological dating
Archaeological research
Archaeological surveying
Archaeology
Burden of proof
Deoxyribonucleic acid
DNA
Fossils
Genetic aspects
Greenland
Method
Norse
Occupations
Paleoanthropology
Sediments
Studies
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Fossils
Genetic aspects
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