A5064216809- Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
- Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
- Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies
- Identification and Quantification in Food
- Image Processing and 3D Reconstruction
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Livestock and Poultry Management
- Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
- Evolution and Paleontology Studies
- Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research
- Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
- Archaeology and Rock Art Studies
- Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies
- Marine animal studies overview
- Indigenous Studies and Ecology
- Geographies of human-animal interactions
- Silkworms and Sericulture Research
- Linguistics and Cultural Studies
- Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology
2023-2024
Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
2019-2024
Leiden University
2019
The study of faunal remains from archaeological sites is often complicated by the presence large numbers highly fragmented, morphologically unidentifiable bones. In Australia, this combined result harsh preservation conditions and frequent scavenging marsupial carnivores. collagen fingerprinting method known as zooarchaeology mass spectrometry (ZooMS) offers a means to address these challenges improve identification rates fragmented Here, we present novel ZooMS peptide markers for 24 extant...
Abstract The origins and dispersal of the chicken across ancient world remains one most enigmatic questions regarding Eurasian domesticated animals. lack agreement concerning timing centers origin is due to issues with morphological identifications, a direct dating, poor preservation thin, brittle bird bones. Here we show that chickens were widely raised southern Central Asia from fourth century BC through medieval periods, likely dispersing along Silk Road. We present archaeological...
Abstract Ancient protein studies have demonstrated their utility for looking at a wide range of evolutionary and historical questions. The majority palaeoproteomics to date been restricted high latitudes with relatively temperate environments. A better understanding preservation lower is critical disentangling the mechanisms involved in deep-time survival ancient proteins, broadening geographical applicability palaeoproteomics. In this study, we aim assess level collagen Australian fossil...
Abstract The origins and dispersal of the chicken across ancient world remains one most enigmatic questions regarding Eurasian domesticated animals1,2. lack agreement timing center origin is due, in large part, to issues with morphological identifications, a direct dating, poor preservation thin bird bones. Historical sources attest prominence chickens southern Europe southwest Asia by last centuries BC3. Likewise, art historical depictions anthropomorphic rooster-human chimeras are...
Fishhooks are one of the most important artefact classes in East Polynesian archaeological sites with stylistic traits used for building chronologies, demonstrating linkages between island communities, inferring marine foraging strategies, and understanding target prey. Owing to a limited distribution local pearl shell, terrestrial mammal bone was primarily fishhook manufacture Hawaiian Islands. By identifying species we can gain insight into raw material selection, access ethnographically...
Remains of small mammals from archaeological sites are often used as palaeoenvironmental proxies in the reconstruction past environments. Yet, identification micromammals to species-level based on morphological traits is difficult due fragmentation diagnostic skeletal elements. Here we test potential Zooarchaeology by Mass Spectrometry (ZooMS) a tool for taxonomic micromammal remains Middle Stone Age (MSA) sequences South Africa. ZooMS peptide markers first established 14 extant species...