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

[Steve Ashby]

You may need more than the eraser method, but samples still tiny.

Steve

On Wednesday, 24 February 2016, Sonia O'Connor <S.Oconnor at bradford.ac.uk>
wrote:

> 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
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','matthew.collins at york.ac.uk');>
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> All the best,
>
>
>
> Sonia
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>
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> 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
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>
> *From:* Bonetools [mailto:bonetools-bounces at listserv.niif.hu
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','bonetools-bounces at listserv.niif.hu');>] *On
> Behalf Of *Miriam Luciañez Triviño
> *Sent:* 24 February 2016 14:28
> *To:* bonetools at listserv.niif.hu
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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
>
> --
>
> 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 <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','mlucianez at us.es');>
> http://www.departamento.us.es/dpreyarq/web
> http://www.grupo.us.es/atlas
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>

-- 
Steve Ashby




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