Stinson, Timothy (2011). Counting Sheep: Potential Applications of DNA Analysis to the Study of Medieval Parchment Production. In: Kodikologie und Paläographie im digitalen Zeitalter 2 - Codicology and Palaeography in the Digital Age 2, pp. 191-207. Norderstedt: Books on Demand (BoD). ISBN 978-3-8423-5032-8
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Abstract
This chapter follows up on several preliminary tests that have shown that DNA survives in medieval parchment manuscript leaves and may be extracted and analyzed, and offers suggestions for defining and implementing future genetic studies of parchment. It articulates the need to consider genetic data in conjunction with other types of evidence—such as historical texts and archaeological data—both in planning tests of parchment and in interpreting the results of such tests. I consider the potential influences of diet, urbanization, market and trade specialization, and changes in agricultural practices and animal husbandry on parchment production, and discuss how genetic analysis can contribute to our knowledge of these topics as well as how historical and archaeological evidence will both complicate and contextualize data derived from genetic testing.
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Corporate Creators: | Institut für Dokumentologie und Editorik (IDE) | ||||||||||||||||
URN: | urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-43508 | ||||||||||||||||
Title of Book: | Kodikologie und Paläographie im digitalen Zeitalter 2 - Codicology and Palaeography in the Digital Age 2 | ||||||||||||||||
Series Name at the University of Cologne: | Schriften des Instituts für Dokumentologie und Editorik | ||||||||||||||||
Volume: | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 191-207 | ||||||||||||||||
Number of Pages: | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
Date: | 2011 | ||||||||||||||||
Publisher: | Books on Demand (BoD) | ||||||||||||||||
Place of Publication: | Norderstedt | ||||||||||||||||
ISBN: | 978-3-8423-5032-8 | ||||||||||||||||
Language: | English | ||||||||||||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Fächergruppe 2: Archäologie, Altertumskunde und Kulturen des Mittelmeerraums > Archäologisches Institut > Abteilung für Historisch-kulturwissenschaftliche Informationsverarbeitung | ||||||||||||||||
Subjects: | Generalities, Science Data processing Computer science Library and information sciences Natural sciences and mathematics Geography and history |
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References: | http://www.i-d-e.de [IDE-Homepage] http://www.i-d-e.de/schriften/2-kpdz1 [Presentation of volume 1] http://www.i-d-e.de/schriften/3-kpdz2 [Presentation of volume 2] http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/2939/ [KPDZ1 online] | ||||||||||||||||
Refereed: | Yes | ||||||||||||||||
URI: | http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/4350 |
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