Statistical Analysis on Kinship among Skeletal Remains Excavated from a Neolithic Site at Uwasato, Iwate Prefecture

Preliminary Findings on Human Skeletal Remains from Harappan site of Farmana

The present paper deals with the primary observations conducted on human skeletal remains excavated at Harappan siteof Farmana. The site (29°02’22”N and 76°18’21”E) in the jurisdiction of Meham block of Rohtak district, Haryana, islocally known as Daksh Kheda. Three cultural phases have been identified; Early Harappan, Mature Harappan and LateHarappan, dating back to 2500 BC. In all 70 burial p...

Faunal Remains from Shikarpur, a Harappan Site in Gujarat, India

This paper deals with the preliminary observations of the analysis conducted on the faunal remains unearthed at thesite of Shikarpur. A single trench ES4 was selected as a research sample from the excavation conducted by theDepartment of Archaeology and Ancient History; M.S. University of Baroda, Gujarat State, India in 2007-08. Atotal of 6250 skeletal fragments were analysed of which only 3219...

Analysis of Prey Remains Excavated from an Historic Bald Eagle Nest Site on San Miguel Island, California

This paper reconstructs the food habits of bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) that nested historically on San Miguel Island by analyzing prey remains recovered from an historic nest site. Of the 9,946 faunal elements recovered, 9,743 (98%) were from vertebrates and 203 (2.0%) were from invertebrates. Based on minimum number of individuals, the percent diet composition for this sample was 61...

Monitoring DNA Contamination in Handled vs. Directly Excavated Ancient Human Skeletal Remains

Bones, teeth and hair are often the only physical evidence of human or animal presence at an archaeological site; they are also the most widely used sources of samples for ancient DNA (aDNA) analysis. Unfortunately, the DNA extracted from ancient samples, already scarce and highly degraded, is widely susceptible to exogenous contaminations that can affect the reliability of aDNA studies. We eva...

Extraction and Analysis of Ancient DNA from Human Remains of Masjede Kabood Burial Site