Archaeology and genetics
Analysing DNA from skeletal remains
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3919330 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Martin B Richards (0000-0003-3118-0967, John Radcliffe Hospital), Martin Richards, Kate Smalley (University of Oxford), Bryan Sykes (University of Oxford), Robert Hedges, R E M Hedges (University of Oxford) |
| Year | 1993 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 18-28 |
| Publication date | 1993-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | World Archaeology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0043-8243 • E-ISSN: 1470-1375 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00438243.1993.9980225 |
| PMID | 16471022 |
| OpenAlex | W2039811613 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
| References cited | 18 |
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
Ancient DNA · Archaeology · Biology · Evolutionary biology · Genealogy · Human settlement · Mitochondrial DNA · Population · Sociology · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Demography · Forensic and Genetic Research · Genetics · History · Identification and Quantification in Food
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| Unique citing works | 13 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,41 |
| Citation span | 1994 - 2012 (19) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 13 |