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  1. Article: The use of laser spectroscopy to investigate bone disease in King Henry VIII's sailors

    Kerns, Jemma G / Buckley, Kevin / Parker, Anthony W / Birch, Helen L / Matousek, Pavel / Hildred, Alex / Goodship, Allen E

    Journal of archaeological science. 2015 Jan., v. 53

    2015  

    Abstract: The Mary Rose was King Henry VIII's flagship before it sank in battle on the 19th July 1545. Over four hundred men went down with the ship and the environment of the Solent meant their remains were quickly covered in silt. Between 1979 and 1982 the ... ...

    Abstract The Mary Rose was King Henry VIII's flagship before it sank in battle on the 19th July 1545. Over four hundred men went down with the ship and the environment of the Solent meant their remains were quickly covered in silt. Between 1979 and 1982 the remains of 179 individuals were recovered and examined as part of the excavation of the Mary Rose. The anaerobic environment created by the silt preserved the sailors' bones in remarkable condition and to date much has been learnt about life on the ship. In this study we used Raman spectroscopy (a non-destructive technique), to investigate the chemistry of the human bones, specifically for the identification of disease in archaeological specimens, for the first time. Raman data were collected from five anatomically normal tibiae and five tibiae that were bowed (individuals suspected to have suffered from bone disease in childhood). The data were processed using multivariate analysis (principal component analysis) and results showed the presence of chemical abnormalities in the bowed bones which resulted in the separation of the bones into two clearly defined groups, normal and bowed.
    Keywords Raman spectroscopy ; archaeology ; bone diseases ; chemistry ; childhood ; humans ; men ; multivariate analysis ; nondestructive methods ; principal component analysis ; silt ; tibia
    Language English
    Dates of publication 2015-01
    Size p. 516-520.
    Publishing place Elsevier Ltd
    Document type Article
    ZDB-ID 1468969-8
    ISSN 0305-4403
    ISSN 0305-4403
    DOI 10.1016/j.jas.2014.11.013
    Database NAL-Catalogue (AGRICOLA)

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  2. Article ; Online: An old dog and new tricks: Genetic analysis of a Tudor dog recovered from the Mary Rose wreck.

    Zouganelis, George D / Ogden, Rob / Nahar, Niru / Runfola, Valeria / Bonab, Maziar / Ardalan, Arman / Radford, David / Barnett, Ross / Larson, Greger / Hildred, Alex / Jones, Mark / Scarlett, Garry

    Forensic science international

    2014  Volume 245, Page(s) 51–57

    Abstract: The Tudor warship the Mary Rose sank in the Solent waters between Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight on the 19th of July 1545, whilst engaging a French invasion fleet. The ship was rediscovered in 1971 and between 1979 and 1982 the entire contents of the ... ...

    Abstract The Tudor warship the Mary Rose sank in the Solent waters between Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight on the 19th of July 1545, whilst engaging a French invasion fleet. The ship was rediscovered in 1971 and between 1979 and 1982 the entire contents of the ship were excavated resulting in the recovery of over 25,000 objects, including the skeleton of a small to medium sized dog referred to as the Mary Rose Dog (MRD). Here we report the extraction and analysis of both mitochondrial and genomic DNA from a tooth of this animal. Our results show that the MRD was a young male of a terrier type most closely related to modern Jack Russell Terriers with a light to dark brown coat colour. Interestingly, given the antiquity of the sample, the dog was heterozygotic for the SLC2A9 gene variant that leads to hyperuricosuria when found in modern homozygotic animals. These findings help shed light on a notable historical artefact from an important period in the development of modern dog breeds.
    MeSH term(s) Accidents ; Animals ; Body Remains ; DNA/isolation & purification ; DNA Fingerprinting/veterinary ; Dogs/genetics ; Glucose Transport Proteins, Facilitative/genetics ; History, Medieval ; Homozygote ; Male ; Microsatellite Repeats ; Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide ; Ships
    Chemical Substances Glucose Transport Proteins, Facilitative ; DNA (9007-49-2)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2014-12
    Publishing country Ireland
    Document type Historical Article ; Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 424042-x
    ISSN 1872-6283 ; 0379-0738
    ISSN (online) 1872-6283
    ISSN 0379-0738
    DOI 10.1016/j.forsciint.2014.10.001
    Database MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE

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