The globalization of naval provisioning: ancient DNA and stable isotope analyses of stored cod from the wreck of the Mary Rose, AD 1545

A comparison of ancient DNA (single-nucleotide polymorphisms) and carbon and nitrogen stable isotope evidence suggests that stored cod provisions recovered from the wreck of the Tudor warship Mary Rose, which sank in the Solent, southern England, in 1545, had been caught in northern and transatlanti...

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Main Authors: William F. Hutchinson, Mark Culling, David C. Orton, Bernd Hänfling, Lori Lawson Handley, Sheila Hamilton-Dyer, Tamsin C. O'Connell, Michael P. Richards, James H. Barrett
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Royal Society 2015-01-01
Series:Royal Society Open Science
Subjects:
cod
Online Access:https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsos.150199