Richards, Martin B., Smalley, Kate, Sykes, Bryan and Hedges, Robert (1993) Archaeology and genetics: Analysing DNA from skeletal remains. World Archaeology, 25 (1). pp. 18-28. ISSN 1470-1375
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We review some of our recent work on the analysis of DNA extracted from skeletal remains up to four thousand years old, which is made possible by the exquisite sensitivity of the polymerase chain reaction. To do this, we consider in some detail our approach to a particular archaeological problem, the question of the scale and nature of the settlements which took place in post‐Roman Britain. This involves the analysis of the mitochondrial DNA control region surviving in bone material from early Anglo‐Saxon cemeteries, and from likely modern descendents of the British and Germanic populations. We discuss the potential value and limitations of such an approach, and in so doing give some indication of the present state of the art.
Item Type: | Article |
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Subjects: | C Auxiliary Sciences of History > CC Archaeology C Auxiliary Sciences of History > CS Genealogy |
Schools: | School of Applied Sciences |
Depositing User: | Sara Taylor |
Date Deposited: | 26 Jul 2012 09:54 |
Last Modified: | 28 Aug 2021 11:19 |
URI: | http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/14382 |
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