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BioTechniques, 2021 DNA extraction is of utmost importance in archaeobiology, as it determines the success of further DNA analyses. This study concentrates on the success of ancient DNA extraction using silica spin columns and PCR-based analysis from archaeological skeletal
Alina Euskirchen +4 more
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BioTechniques, 2022 Agarose gel electrophoresis is a relatively easy to use method, commonly applied to evaluate PCR reaction success. Intercalating agents or dyes are used to visualize the amplified fragments. However, it is uncertain to what extent the brightness of bands
Patrick Wittmeier, Susanne Hummel
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Ancient DNA analysis from epoxy resin Biodur®-embedded bones
BioTechniques, 2022 For microscopic investigation, archaeological bone samples are often embedded in Biodur® epoxy resin. This study wants to test whether it is possible to extract DNA suitable for PCR amplification from this sample type.
Anna Lena Flux +2 more
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Medieval mass burial in Pereslavl-Zalessky [PDF]
Вестник археологии, антропологии и этнографии, 2021 The paper presents the results of the anthropological study of a mass grave located in the grounds of the kremlin of Pereslavl-Zalessky (European Russia). It has been preliminary dated to the 13th — first half of the 14th century.
Rasskazova A.V. +2 more
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‘Loca Deserta’, ‘Silvae Condensae’ and ‘Abrupta Montium’: How Crusaders Viewed Nature in the Balkans
Religions, 2023 The Crusaders who followed Via militaris or Via Egnatia to the Holy Land traversed the vast and more or less unknown region of the Balkans, where they found themselves in an unfamiliar natural environment.
Svetlana Luchitskaya
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Historicity and Anthropology [PDF]
Annual Review of Anthropology, 2016 Historicity has emerged within anthropology to refer to cultural perceptions of the past. It calls attention to the techniques such as rituals that people use to learn about the past, the principles that guide them, and the performances and genres in which information about the past can be presented. The concept is in essential tension with the meaning
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How Does Race Moderate the Effect of Religion Dimensions on Attitudes toward the Death Penalty?
Societies, 2022 We examined the moderating role of race on the relationship between religion and death penalty attitudes in the United States. We operationalized religion by distinguishing four dimensions: religiosity, spirituality, afterlife beliefs, and denomination ...
Soheil Sabriseilabi +2 more
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The 'problem' of ethics in contemporary anthropological research [PDF]
, 2010 Why is it that ‘ethics’ is seen as a problem in anthropology? This paper seeks to explore this question by looking at (a) historical shifts in the relation between ethnographers and their subjects/informants and (b) anthropological practice.
Campbell, John
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Duplex Alu Screening for Degraded DNA of Skeletal Human Remains
Diversity, 2017 The human-specific Alu elements, belonging to the class of Short INterspersed Elements (SINEs), have been shown to be a powerful tool for population genetic studies.
Fabian Haß +2 more
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Diversity, 2017 Staphylococcus aureus is a major pathogen causing osteomyelitis, amongst other diseases, and its methicillin-resistant form (MRSA) in particular poses a huge threat to public health. To increase our knowledge of the origin and evolution of S.
Anna Lena Flux +3 more
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