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Inproceedings Reference Interdisciplinary study of horticultural practices in late medieval Brussels
Over the last decades a series of sites attesting the presence of ancient crop fields and gardens were discovered in the historical center of Brussels. Well aerated crop field and garden soils with a high biological activity, are often not suitable for the preservation of organic plant remains. In most cases, their studies yielded only small quantities of more resistant seeds and fruits. The identification of the cultivated plants relied therefore mainly on phytolith analysis.Recently, a Holocene peat sequence was excavated in the lower part of the city in a quarter that is historically documented as a horticultural area (rue des Boiteux, BR295). Micromorphology showed that the upper layers of the peat sequence were drained during the late Middle Ages and subsequently converted into horticulture. In this poster the potential of studying these contexts will be discussed. Thanks to the prevailing wet conditions of the soil, higher densities of waterlogged macrobotanical remains could be analysed. Remains of divers cultivated plants and garden weeds were found, most probably partly from the local vegetation and local cultivated crops. The archaeobotanical and archaeozoological studies also shed light on manuring practices.
Located in Library / RBINS Staff Publications 2019
Article Reference A relative of the beluga and narwhal (Odontoceti, Monodontidae) from the Early Pliocene of the North Sea
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Article Reference Tusk-bearing beaked whales from the Miocene of Peru
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Article Reference A new pithanodelphinine dolphin from the Miocene of Peru and the origin of modern delphinidan families
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Article Reference A new genus and species of Pliocene dolphin (Cetacea: Odontoceti: Inioidea) from North Carolina, U.S.A.
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Article Reference New insights on the brain, tooth development, and feeding specializations of the sirenian Miosirenkocki(Trichechidae, Sirenia) as revealed by CT
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Article Reference Evolution of high-frequency hearing in odontocetes (Mammalia: Cetacea)
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Article Reference New material of Australophoca (Carnivora, Phocidae) from the late Miocene of Peru suggests sexual dimorphism in the smallest, early-branching monachine seal
Located in Library / RBINS Staff Publications 2017
Inproceedings Reference Characterization of a multiple burial context from Pachacamac, Peru: complementarity between bioarchaeology and molecular archaeology
Pachacamac is a major precolumbian site located on Peru’s Central Coast. Covering approximately 6 km2, the site was occupied for over a thousand years before the Spanish conquest in the early sixteenth century. In 2012, the Ychsma Project discovered a unique Late Intermediate period (AD 900–1470) multiple burial (“Cx4”) made of two funerary chambers with a vegetal roof structure, containing over 110 intact and fragmentary deceased together with numerous grave goods. More than 60% of the individuals are subadults whose sex cannot be assigned using osteological observation. Among the adults, 23 females and 20 males were identified, and the sex of the remaining four individuals couldn’t be assigned with certainty. We aim to fully understand the sociobiology of the Cx4 population, including biological sex, using a combined bioarchaeology and molecular archaeology approach. Despite significant human modern contamination and low amounts of endogenous ancient DNA, our results show that sex could be assigned genetically in >70% of the cases, including subadults. Sex identification of infants, children and adolescents is crucial to fully understand this complex context and its funerary recruitment, and to perform an integrated and holistic analysis of all associated data.
Located in Library / RBINS Staff Publications 2024
Inproceedings Reference Caractérisation d'une sépulture multiple de Pachacamac, Pérou : complémentarité entre la bioarchéologie et l'archéologie moléculaire
Pachacamac est un site précolombien majeur situé sur la côte centrale du Pérou. D'une superficie d'environ 6 km2, le site a été occupé pendant plus de mille ans avant la conquête espagnole au début du 16e siècle. En 2012, le projet Ychsma (ULB) a découvert une sépulture multiplede la Période Intermédiaire récente (900 à 1470 après JC) nommée Cx4, composée de deux chambres funéraires recouvertes d’un toit végétal, et contenant 89 défunts intacts ou fragmentaires ainsiqu’un abondant matériel funéraire . Plus de 60 % des individus sont des subadultes dont le sexe ne peut être attribué sur la seule base d'observations ostéologiques. L'analyse de l'ADN ancien (ADNa) peut être utile pour la détermination du sexe, la lignée mitochondriale générale (haplogroupe) et le diagnostic de maladies. A noter que la contamination non endogène du matériel archéologique par l'ADN est un problème récurrent, car les fouilles, la manipulation et le stockage ne répondent généralement pas aux critères recommandés pour l'analyse de l'ADN ancien. Nonobstant, nous présentons les résultats de l'ADNa de plusieurs individus humains récupérés dans le contexte Cx4. Nos objectifs sont de compléter les informations démographiques et de caractériser l'état de santé de la population enterrée dans ce lieu de pèlerinage dédié au dieu guérisseur éponyme, et ce en combinant bioarchéologie et archéologie moléculaire. Malgré une contamination humaine moderne importante et de faibles quantités d'ADN ancien endogène, nos résultats montrent que le sexe pourrait être attribué génétiquement dans >80% des cas, y compris les subadultes. L'identification du sexe des nourrissons, des enfants et des adolescents est cruciale pour bien comprendre ce contexte complexe et son recrutement funéraire, et pour effectuer une analyse intégrée et holistique de toutes les données associées. Les données ont également été utilisées pour estimer la présence d’ADNa de plusieurs agents pathogènes à l'aide de l'outil de classification taxonomique KrakenUniq.
Located in Library / RBINS Staff Publications 2024