Gaffney, V. L., Garwood, P. and Momber, G. (2015). How sedimentary DNA brought wheat to mesolithic Bouldnor Cliff. British Archaeology 142. Vol 142, pp. 22-27.
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How sedimentary DNA brought wheat to mesolithic Bouldnor Cliff | |||||||||
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British Archaeology 142 | |||||||||
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British Archaeology | |||||||||
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142 | |||||||||
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66 | |||||||||
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22 - 27 | |||||||||
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A pilot project has recently explored the possibility that sediments off the British coast could contain well-preserved environmental caches. Such evidence would have the potential to improve our understanding of the introduction and spread of farming during the transition from the Mesolithic to the Neolithic. It has only recently become clear that ancient DNA (aDNA) can be retrieved from contexts such as sediments as well as from anatomically intact material; sedimentary aDNA was thus chosen as the primary material for study. The project analysed pre-existing cores from a Mesolithic settlement site at Bouldnor Cliff in the Solent, Hampshire, where intermittent research has been undertaken over the last twenty years. The archaeological evidence from Bouldnor is briefly outlined in this article before the findings from the aDNA study are discussed. The sequences suggest a mixed habitat of oak forest and herbaceous plants, and reveal a faunal profile compatible with human activity. Later profiles also provide evidence for domesticated einkorn wheat. Following publication in Science on February 27th 2015 some challenges to the study were raised. Reasons for confidence in the identifications made are given here, and the wider implications of the findings are discussed. LD | |||||||||
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2015 | |||||||||
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20 Oct 2015 |
