Category:
Pilot project
Acronym:
DNADD
Coordinator:
Fabienne Pigière (RBINS)
JEMU partner:
Gontran Sonet and Carl Vangestel
Project summary:
The goal of this small project is to extract ancient DNA from a partial skeleton of a Cervidae discovered in a Roman context at Herstal (Liège) and confirm its species identification. Based on osteomorphological analysis, the skeleton has been attributed to the fallow deer (Dama dama), however, the species identification needs to be confirmed by a DNA analysis. Dama dama is from eastern Mediterranean and if individuals were imported in north-western Europe during the Roman period is still under debate.
Lab work progress:
Completed
Data analysis:
Completed
Starting date:
2018
Project status:
Article in prep
