[Bonetools] Help to identify the raw material of an artefact (part 2)

[Sonia O'Connor]

Species identification by ZooMS. This is done by fingerprinting the peptides that make up the collagen protein using mass-spectrometry. Collagen is more likely to survive than DNA, is less effected by contamination and requires a much smaller sample (it is often not possible to see by eye where the sample has been removed, which is done using an eraser). It should be able to confirm the ID as cetacean but may not be able to give you the exact species. The team at  BioACH at the University of York have had a lot of success with.  You need to contact Dr Matthew Collins in the first instance matthew.collins at york.ac.uk<mailto:matthew.collins at york.ac.uk>

All the best,

Sonia

Dr Sonia O'Connor PhD FSA FIIC ACR Honorary Visiting Fellow, University of York
Post-doctoral Researcher
Archaeological Sciences
Division of AGES,
University of Bradford
Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD7 1DP, UK

tel 01274 23 6498

From: Bonetools [mailto:bonetools-bounces at listserv.niif.hu] On Behalf Of Miriam Luciañez Triviño
Sent: 24 February 2016 14:28
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Subject: [Bonetools] Help to identify the raw material of an artefact (part 2)


Dear all,

I would like to thank you for your suggestions and assessment, especially thank you Sonia for your evaluation. The documentation of this new material increase the number of osseous raw materials worked in this settlement. To have a more sure characterization... Could you suggest me the most suitable (not destructive, if possible) analytical method (or a combination of)?

Thank you very much,

Miriam
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Miriam Luciañez Triviño
Contrato Predoctoral del Gobierno Vasco

Departamento de Prehistoria y Arqueología
Universidad de Sevilla
María de Padilla s/n. 41004. Sevilla. Spain
Phone: (34) 954 556906
Fax: (34) 954 559920

E-mail: mlucianez at us.es<mailto:mlucianez at us.es>
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