scholarly journals Was the Cinta Senese Pig Already a Luxury Food in the Late Middle Ages? Ancient DNA and Archaeozoological Evidence from Central Italy

Genes ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 85
Author(s):  
Federica Gabbianelli ◽  
Francesca Alhaique ◽  
Giuseppe Romagnoli ◽  
Luca Brancazi ◽  
Lavinia Piermartini ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Middle Ages ◽  
Ancient Dna ◽  
Dna Analysis ◽  
Central Italy ◽  
Wild Boars ◽  
Young Females ◽  
Late Middle Ages ◽  
Homologous Genes ◽  
Kit Gene ◽  
Ancient Dna Analysis

The Cinta senese is a pig breed, highly esteemed for its meat and derived products, characterized by a black coat with a typical white “belt” and documented by scant iconography, since the 13th–14th century in Italy. A piece of pottery showing a Cinta pig was found in the Graffignano castle (Northern Latium, Italy) dated 15th–16th centuries, spurring us to investigate the diet of the inhabitants. Ancient DNA analysis was carried out on 21 pig specimens on three nuclear SNPs: (1) g.43597545C>T, on the KIT gene, informative for the identification of the Cinta senese breed; (2) rs81460129, on an intergenic region in chr. 16, which discriminates between domestic pigs and wild boars, and; (3) a SNP on the ZFY/ZFX homologous genes, to determine the sex of the individuals. Our results indicate that the Cinta senese was present in Northern Latium in Late Medieval time, although it was not the only breed, and that pigs, including Cinta, interbred with wild boars, suggesting free-range breeding for all types of pigs. Moreover, the unexpected high proportion of young females may be considered as evidence for the wealth of the family inhabiting the castle.

scholarly journals Ritual complexity in a past community revealed by ancient DNA analysis of pre-colonial terracotta items from Northern Ghana

2017 ◽  
Vol 79 ◽  
pp. 10-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heather A. Robinson ◽  
Timothy Insoll ◽  
Benjamin W. Kankpeyeng ◽  
Keri A. Brown ◽  
Terence A. Brown
Keyword(s):  
Ancient Dna ◽  
Dna Analysis ◽  
Northern Ghana ◽  
Ancient Dna Analysis

scholarly journals Combined hybridization capture and shotgun sequencing for ancient DNA analysis of extinct wild and domestic dromedary camel

2016 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 300-313 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elmira Mohandesan ◽  
Camilla F. Speller ◽  
Joris Peters ◽  
Hans-Peter Uerpmann ◽  
Margarethe Uerpmann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ancient Dna ◽  
Dna Analysis ◽  
Shotgun Sequencing ◽  
Dromedary Camel ◽  
Hybridization Capture ◽  
Ancient Dna Analysis

Ancient DNA analysis of desiccated wheat grains excavated from a Bronze Age cemetery in Xinjiang

2011 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 115-119 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chunxiang Li ◽  
Diane L. Lister ◽  
Hongjie Li ◽  
Yue Xu ◽  
Yinqiu Cui ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
Ancient Dna ◽  
Dna Analysis ◽  
Wheat Grains ◽  
Ancient Dna Analysis

scholarly journals Isolating the human cochlea to generate bone powder for ancient DNA analysis

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 1194-1205 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ron Pinhasi ◽  
Daniel M. Fernandes ◽  
Kendra Sirak ◽  
Olivia Cheronet
Keyword(s):  
Ancient Dna ◽  
Dna Analysis ◽  
Bone Powder ◽  
Human Cochlea ◽  
Ancient Dna Analysis

scholarly journals The Under-Appreciated Rodent: Harbingers of Plague From the Middle Ages to the Twenty-First Century

2019 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 171-185 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Hardy
Keyword(s):  
Middle Ages ◽  
Dna Analysis ◽  
First Century ◽  
Bubonic Plague ◽  
The Past ◽  
Black Rat ◽  
History Of ◽  
Ancient Dna Analysis ◽  
Long Term Trends

The history of the rat and the wider rodent family in relation to bubonic plague suggests multiple ways in which different research disciplines can contribute to the understanding of mortality, morbidity, and epidemics in the past: For instance, demographic approaches can can clarify long-term trends in, and disruptions to, patterns of mortality; the study of psychological responses to disease since 1850 can lend insights into past disease behaviors; and archaeological discoveries and the still-developing technology of ancient dna analysis can help in the determination of causes and effects. As the link between the black rat and bubonic plague shows, without the collaboration of interdisciplinary methods, our understanding would surely suffer. The history of plague and the Black Death encompasses far more than the involvement of rats, but the enduring sylvatic reservoirs of plague infection that the rats and their many rodent cousins constituted in the past, and still constitute, should not be blithely discounted.

scholarly journals Ancient DNA analysis of food remains in human dental calculus from the Edo period, Japan

PLoS ONE ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. e0226654 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rikai Sawafuji ◽  
Aiko Saso ◽  
Wataru Suda ◽  
Masahira Hattori ◽  
Shintaroh Ueda
Keyword(s):  
Ancient Dna ◽  
Dna Analysis ◽  
Dental Calculus ◽  
Edo Period ◽  
Ancient Dna Analysis
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