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Smith, Oliver , Momber, G., Bates, R., Garwood, P., Fitch, S., Pallen, Mark J., Gaffney, V. and Allaby, Robin G. (2015) Sedimentary DNA from a submerged site reveals wheat in the British Isles 8000 years ago. Science, Volume 347 (Number 6225). pp. 998-1001. doi:10.1126/science.1261278
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1261278
Abstract
The Mesolithic-to-Neolithic transition marked the time when a hunter-gatherer economy gave way to agriculture, coinciding with rising sea levels. Bouldnor Cliff, is a submarine archaeological site off the Isle of Wight in the United Kingdom that has a well-preserved Mesolithic paleosol dated to 8000 years before the present. We analyzed a core obtained from sealed sediments, combining evidence from microgeomorphology and microfossils with sedimentary ancient DNA (sedaDNA) analyses to reconstruct floral and faunal changes during the occupation of this site, before it was submerged. In agreement with palynological analyses, the sedaDNA sequences suggest a mixed habitat of oak forest and herbaceous plants. However, they also provide evidence of wheat 2000 years earlier than mainland Britain and 400 years earlier than proximate European sites. These results suggest that sophisticated social networks linked the Neolithic front in southern Europe to the Mesolithic peoples of northern Europe.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Science > Life Sciences (2010- ) Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Biomedical Sciences > Microbiology & Infection Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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| Journal or Publication Title: | Science | ||||||||
| Publisher: | American Association for the Advancement of Science | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 0036-8075 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | 27 February 2015 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | Volume 347 | ||||||||
| Number: | Number 6225 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 998-1001 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1126/science.1261278 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
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