Bacterial ancient DNA as an indicator of human presence in the past: its correlation with palynological and archaeological data Export

@article{citeulike:3471580, abstract = {Palynological investigation is one of the most important tools for reconstructing past vegetation. Some plants have proved to be relatively sensitive indicators of human activity, but most of them are not specific. In this paper we propose a method which can be used for the verification of phases of anthropogenic impact on vegetation distinguished in pollen diagrams. In this work we adopted the existing molecular methods for tracking bacterial ancient DNA of Bifidobacterium and Bacteroides-Prevotella (known as human- and cow-specific genetic markers) in palynologically and archaeologically associated sediments. This method can be helpful in determining local human presence, especially in those time periods when pollen analysis has not always been very discriminating (Palaeolithic, Mesolithic) and at sites without archaeological evidence. Copyright {\copyright} 2008 John Wiley \& Sons, Ltd.}, address = {Department of Palaeobotany, Institute of Botany, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland; Department of Palaeobotany, Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow, Poland; Department of Immuno- and Cytogenetics, National Research Institute of Animal Production, Balice, Poland; Department of Molecular Biology and Scientific Research, John Paul II Hospital, Krakow, Poland; Department of Evolutionary Immunobiology, Institute of Zoology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland; Institute of Archaeology, Warsaw University, Warsaw, Poland}, author = {Madeja, Jacek and Wacnik, Agnieszka and Zyga, Agata and Stankiewicz, Elzbieta and Wypasek, Ewa and Guminski, Witold and Harmata, Krystyna}, citeulike-article-id = {3471580}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jqs.1237}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/121481662/ABSTRACT}, doi = {10.1002/jqs.1237}, journal = {Journal of Quaternary Science}, keywords = {200811, adn, impact\_humain, microbiologie, palynologie}, number = {9999}, pages = {n/a+}, posted-at = {2008-11-01 07:56:55}, priority = {2}, title = {Bacterial ancient DNA as an indicator of human presence in the past: its correlation with palynological and archaeological data}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jqs.1237}, volume = {9999}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3471580 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3471580 N2 - Palynological investigation is one of the most important tools for reconstructing past vegetation. Some plants have proved to be relatively sensitive indicators of human activity, but most of them are not specific. In this paper we propose a method which can be used for the verification of phases of anthropogenic impact on vegetation distinguished in pollen diagrams. In this work we adopted the existing molecular methods for tracking bacterial ancient DNA of Bifidobacterium and Bacteroides-Prevotella (known as human- and cow-specific genetic markers) in palynologically and archaeologically associated sediments. This method can be helpful in determining local human presence, especially in those time periods when pollen analysis has not always been very discriminating (Palaeolithic, Mesolithic) and at sites without archaeological evidence. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. IS - 9999 JF - Journal of Quaternary Science AD - Department of Palaeobotany, Institute of Botany, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland; Department of Palaeobotany, Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow, Poland; Department of Immuno- and Cytogenetics, National Research Institute of Animal Production, Balice, Poland; Department of Molecular Biology and Scientific Research, John Paul II Hospital, Krakow, Poland; Department of Evolutionary Immunobiology, Institute of Zoology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland; Institute of Archaeology, Warsaw University, Warsaw, Poland TI - Bacterial ancient DNA as an indicator of human presence in the past: its correlation with palynological and archaeological data VL - 9999 SP - n/a KW - 200811 KW - adn KW - impact_humain KW - microbiologie KW - palynologie AU - Madeja, Jacek AU - Wacnik, Agnieszka AU - Zyga, Agata AU - Stankiewicz, Elzbieta AU - Wypasek, Ewa AU - Guminski, Witold AU - Harmata, Krystyna PY - 2008/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jqs.1237 ER -