Hi Ylva (et al.),
You might be interested in some of the following:
All on humans so far, but the potential for zooarchaeology is clear
too.
Warinner,
C, Speller, C, Collins, MJ & Lewis Jr., CM 2015,
'Ancient Human Microbiomes' Journal of Human
Evolution, vol 79, pp.
125–136., 10.1016/j.jhevol.2014.10.016
Warinner, C, Speller, C & Collins,
MJ 2015, 'A new era in palaeomicrobiology: prospects for ancient
dental calculus as a long-term record of the human oral microbiome' Philosophical
Transactions Of The Royal Society Of London Series B -
Biological Sciences, vol 370, no. 1660,
20130376.,10.1098/rstb.2013.0376
Warinner, C, Rodrigues, JFM, Vyas, R, Trachsel, C, Shved, N,
Grossmann, J, Radini, A, Hancock, Y, Tito, RY, Fiddyment, S, Speller, C, Hendy, J,
Charlton, S, Luder, HU, Salazar-García, DC, Eppler, E, Seiler, R,
Hansen, LH, Castruita, JAS, Barkow-Oesterreicher, S, Teoh, KY,
Kelstrup, CD, Olsen, JV, Nanni, P, Kawai, T, Willerslev, E, von
Mering, C, Lewis, CM, Collins, MJ, Gilbert, MTP,
Rühli, F & Cappellini, E 2014, 'Pathogens and host immunity in the ancient human oral
cavity' Nature Genetics,
vol 46, no. 4, pp. 336-344., 10.1038/ng.2906
Warinner,
C, Hendy, JR, Speller, CF,
Cappellini, E, Fischer, R, Trachsel, C, Arneborg, J, Lynnerup, N, Craig, OE,
Swallow, DM, Fotakis, A, Christensen, RJ, Olsen, JV, Liebert, A,
Montalva, N, Fiddyment, S, Charlton, SJL,
Mackie, M, Canci, A, Bouwman, A, Rühli, F, Gilbert, MTP & Collins, MJ 2014, 'Direct evidence of milk consumption from ancient human
dental calculus' Scientific Reports,
vol 4, 7104.,10.1038/srep07104
Best,
David
On 15/10/15 08:36, Ylva Telldahl wrote:
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Hello zooarchers!
Recently I worked with animal bones from an hillfort (Migration Period) in Sweden that was excavated during the 60th Century. Thankfully the bone material was not cleaned. The material includes pig jaws. Some of the teeth had dental calculus that gives us interesting information about animal husbandry. Once the calculus dries it is extremely fragile and easily falls apart if you start to clean with water and brush. Perhaps this is not a problem for zooarchaeologists but if animal bones are cleaned by an archaeologist not familiar with animal pathology and tooth infections etc this kind of information could easily be lost.
Tips on articles that deals with similiar question as Adler et als "Sequencing ancient calcified dental plaque shows changes in oral microbiota with dietary shifts of the Neolithic and Industrial revolutions" are most welcome...
With best regards,
Ylva Telldahl
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Dr. David Orton
Lecturer in Zooarchaeology
BioArCh, Department of Archaeology
University of York