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J Archaeol Sci 32 (5)
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Title:
J Archaeol Sci 32 (5)
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Series:
Journal of Archaeological Science
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32 (5)
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Journal
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Editor:
Karl W Butzer
John P Grattan
Richard G Klein
Thilo Rehren
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Elsevier Science
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Year of Publication:
2005
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BIAB (The British & Irish Archaeological Bibliography (BIAB))
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http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/03054403
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29 Jun 2005
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Abstract
The limits of biomolecular palaeopathology: ancient DNA cannot be used to study venereal syphi...
Abigail S Bouwman
Terence (Terry) A Brown
703 - 713
To determine whether ancient DNA (aDNA) can be used to study the palaeopathology of venereal syphilis, the authors carried out a comprehensive analysis of the preservation of human and pathogen DNA in a set of forty-six bones of various ages, most of which displayed osteological indications of the disease. Bones came from seven English cemetery sites that were in use during the ninth--nineteenth centuries. Failure to detect treponemal DNA in bones that were suitable for aDNA analysis, using highly sensitive polymerase chain reactions (PCRs), suggests that treponemal DNA is not preserved in human bone and that it is therefore not possible to use aDNA analysis to study venereal syphilis.
A pollen analytical record for hemp retting from Dungeness Foreland, UK
J E Schofield
Martyn P Waller
715 - 726
Presents late Holocene pollen analytical, plant macrofossil and radiocarbon data from a sequence filling a natural pit developed in the gravel beaches of Dungeness Foreland. Pollen analysis of organic muds from the base of Muddymore Pit contain exceptionally high pollen frequencies for Cannabis sativa L. and indicate the past use of the site as a hemp-retting pit. The timing of the pollen record for Cannabis (ca. AD 1000--1400) corresponds with a period during which the nearby town of Lydd reached the height of its prosperity and importance as one of the lesser havens of the 'Cinque Ports' confederation. It is proposed that the hemp-retting site at Muddymore Pit went a long way towards satisfying demand from the port for the products of hempen fibre such as rope (for ships' rigging) and cloth (for ships' sails).
Soil geochemistry and detection of early Roman precious metal and copper alloy working at the Roman town of Calleva Atrebatum (Silchester, Hampshire, UK)
Samantha R Cook
Amanda Clarke
Michael G Fulford
805 - 812
A geochemical soil survey was carried out over 500 m2 of a first- and second-century AD house complex in insula IX of the Roman town of Calleva Atrebatum (Silchester, Hampshire) where there was little prima facie evidence for non-ferrous metalworking. Preliminary analyses were made by XRF of lead, zinc and copper. These were followed by analysis for Au, Ag and Sn by ICP-MS of the samples with the highest concentrations of Pb, Zn and Cu. Certain of the Pb, Zn and Cu concentrations suggest the working of copper alloy including brass, and could be associated with archaeological evidence of hearths and burnt areas of second century AD date. Other samples have concentrations of the above metals and of gold and silver which do not appear to be associated with any physical remains of hearths and burnt areas. These concentrations date to the mid-first century AD.