http://intarch.ac.uk/journal/issue5/index.html
'Detecting Ancient Tuberculosis' has just gone on line in issue 5 of
Internet Archaeology by Angela Gernaey, David Minnikin, Mark Copley,
Jacinda Power, Ali Ahmed, Ronald Dixon, Charlotte Roberts, Duncan
Robertson, John Nolan and Andrew Chamberlain
The paper documents an experiment to confirm whether mycolic acids
(effective "biomarkers" for modern clinical tuberculosis), are as
effective when detecting TB from skeletons from a well-documented
eighteenth century site.
The result...? Well now that's just a click away...
http://intarch.ac.uk/journal/issue5/gernaey_index.html
And don't leave for long, another very different but equally exciting
paper is on its way very soon on a Neanderthal excavation in SE Spain!
As always, your comments and your contributions are very welcome.
Judith
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