Gravendeel, B, Protopopov, A, Bull, I et al. (10 more authors) (2014) Multiproxy study of the last meal of a mid-Holocene Oyogos Yar horse, Sakha Republic, Russia. The Holocene, 24 (10). 1288 - 1296. ISSN 0959-6836
Abstract
The last meal of a horse that lived in the northern part of the Sakha Republic (Russia) c. 5400 years ago was studied using pollen, spores, botanical macroremains, lipid composition, and ancient DNA in order to reconstruct its components. Pollen of Poaceae was superabundant, but this may be because of over-representation as a consequence of grazed inflorescenses of grasses. We evaluate the paleo-environmental indicator value of the different methods applied. Botanical macrofossils and chemical data show what the animal had eaten. Pollen grains and the aDNA record also give information about taxa that occurred elsewhere in the landscape. The combined data point to an open landscape of a coastal tundra dominated by graminoids (Poaceae, Cyperaceae) with a limited amount of Birch and Alder.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author(s) 2014. This is an author produced version of a paper published in The Holocene. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | ancient DNA, horse, last meal, lipids, macrofossils, mid-Holocene, pollen and spores, Sakha Republic |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > School of Earth and Environment (Leeds) > Earth Surface Science Institute (ESSI) (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 27 Jul 2015 10:56 |
Last Modified: | 19 Oct 2017 13:16 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0959683614540953 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/0959683614540953 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:87336 |