You may need more than the eraser method, but samples still tiny.<div><br></div><div>Steve <span></span><br><br>On Wednesday, 24 February 2016, Sonia O'Connor <<a href="mailto:S.Oconnor@bradford.ac.uk">S.Oconnor@bradford.ac.uk</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">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
<a href="javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','matthew.collins@york.ac.uk');" target="_blank">matthew.collins@york.ac.uk</a> <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:72.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Dr Sonia O'Connor
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Miriam Luciañez Triviño<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 24 February 2016 14:28<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','bonetools@listserv.niif.hu');" target="_blank">bonetools@listserv.niif.hu</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Bonetools] Help to identify the raw material of an artefact (part 2)<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Dear all,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">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)?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Thank you very much,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Miriam<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<pre><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif";color:#3366ff">Miriam Luciañez Triviño</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><br></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"">Contrato Predoctoral del Gobierno Vasco<br><br>Departamento de Prehistoria y Arqueología<br>Universidad de Sevilla<br>María de Padilla s/n. 41004. Sevilla. Spain<br>Phone: (34) 954 556906<br>Fax: (34) 954 559920<br><br>E-mail: <a href="javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','mlucianez@us.es');" target="_blank">mlucianez@us.es</a><br><a href="http://www.departamento.us.es/dpreyarq/web" target="_blank">http://www.departamento.us.es/dpreyarq/web</a><br><a href="http://www.grupo.us.es/atlas" target="_blank">http://www.grupo.us.es/atlas</a></span><u></u><u></u></pre>
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