Species identification of archaeological marine mammals using collagen fingerprinting
Species identification of archaeological marine mammals using collagen fingerprinting
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DOI：
10.1016/j.jas.2013.08.021
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发表时间：
2014-01-01
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2.8
通讯作者：
Palsdottir, A. H.
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作者：
Buckley, M.;Fraser, S.;Palsdottir, A. H.
纵观人类历史，沿海和海洋资源一直是人类生存的重要组成部分。因此，沿海地区的考古动物群落常常含有大量的骨骼遗骸，表明人类与海洋哺乳动物的互动。然而，由于海洋哺乳动物骨骼的采购、利用、形态和物理特征等因素的独特组合，这些通常很难识别。这些因素常常导致大量考古鲸目动物和鳍足类标本破碎得无法视觉识别，被贴上“鲸鱼”或“海洋哺乳动物”的标签。在本文中，我们报告了动物考古学质谱法 (ZooMS) 胶原蛋白指纹识别方法的发展，该方法可有效且低成本地区分包括鲸目动物和鳍足类在内的各种海洋哺乳动物物种。我们将该技术应用于来自中石器时代到近代早期七个不同北大西洋遗址的五十多个考古标本。 (C) 2013 作者。由爱思唯尔有限公司出版。保留所有权利。
Throughout human history, coastal and marine resources have been a vital part of human subsistence. As a result archaeological faunal assemblages from coastal sites often contain large quantities of skeletal remains indicative of human interaction with marine mammals. However, these are often hard to identify due to a unique combination of factors regarding the procurement, utilisation, morphological and physical characteristics of marine mammal bones. These factors often result in a large number of archaeological cetacean and pinniped specimens fragmented beyond visual recognition, being labelled 'whale' or 'marine mammal'. In this paper we report the development of a Zooarchaeology by Mass Spectrometry (ZooMS) method of collagen fingerprinting, for efficient and low cost discrimination of a wide range of marine mammal species including cetaceans and pinnipeds. We apply the technique to more than fifty archaeological specimens from seven different North Atlantic sites ranging from the Mesolithic until the Early Modern period. (C) 2013 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.