STARDUST II - Spatial and Temporal Assessment
of high Resolution Depth profiles Using novel Sampling Technologies The fate of pollutants in fluvial and marine sediments in cross-border zones
Rapid loss of endogenous DNA in pig bone buried in five different environments
Eriksen, A.M.H.; Matthiesen, H.; Kontopoulos, I.; Gregory, D.; Snoeck, C.; Zhang, G.; Collins, M.J.; Gilbert, M.T.P. (2020). Rapid loss of endogenous DNA in pig bone buried in five different environments. Archaeometry 62(4): 827-846. https://hdl.handle.net/10.1111/arcm.12553
The rate at which endogenous DNA from differently prepared (butchered, boiled and baked) compact pig bones degrades in five different Danish terrestrial and marine environments over 12?months was investigated. Although > 70% of the estimated endogenous mtDNA is lost after just four weeks of exposure, no cytosine deamination of DNA was recognised. A correlation between the presence of oxygen and the amount of preserved DNA was observed. The results provide valuable information on the interaction between the endogenous DNA and the depositional environment in the early stages of bone diagenesis, which can be a support in the interpretation of the initial diagenetic pathways of archaeological bone.
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STARDUST II is a project funded by the INTERREG III A programme (France/Walloon Region/Flanders
French-Flemish subprogramme) of the European Community's Regional Development Fund.
Hosted by the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ)
