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Biomolecular Archaeology: An Introduction

ISBN: 978-1-405-17960-7

February 2011

Wiley-Blackwell

336 pages

Description

Illustrated thoroughly, Biomolecular Archaeology is the first book to clearly guide students through the study of ancient DNA: how to analyze biomolecular evidence (DNA, proteins, lipids and carbohydrates) to address important archaeological questions.

  • The first book to address the scope and methods of this new cross-disciplinary area of research for archaeologists
  • Offers a completely up-to-date overview of the latest research in this innovative subject
  • Guides students who wish to become biomolecular archaeologists through the complexities of both the scientific methods and archaeological goals.
  • Provides an essential component to undergraduate and graduate archaeological research
About the Author
Terry Brown is Professor of Biomolecular Archaeology at The University of Manchester. His publications include Gene Cloning and DNA Analysis: An Introduction (6th edition, Blackwell Science, 2010) and Genomes (3rd edition, 2006).

Keri Brown is Honorary Lecturer in Biomolecular Archaeology at the University of Manchester; she taught the M.Sc in Biomolecular Archaeology at Manchester and Sheffield Universities for 10 years. She has published articles in both Italian archaeology and ancient DNA.

Features
  • The only text to cover the entire field of biomolecular archaeology
  • Offers a completely up-to-date overview of the latest research in this innovative subject
  • Weaves together the study of modern humans, animals and plants, with the archaeological information obtained by evolutionary biology approaches.
  • Explores the study of preserved, or ‘ancient’ biomolecules recovered from archaeological materials