Sedimentary ancient DNA metabarcoding as a tool for assessing prehistoric plant use at the Upper Paleolithic cave site Aghitu-3, Armenia
Anneke T.M. ter Schure; Angela A Bruch; Andrew W. Kandel; Boris Gasparyan; Rainer W. Bussmann; Anne K. Brysting; Hugo de Boer, and Sanne Boessenkool · 2022
Catalogue summary
Sedimentary ancient DNA and pollen from Aghitu-3 reconstruct plant assemblages across a 15,000-year Upper Paleolithic sequence, associating higher diversity with occupation layers and identifying taxa useful for food, medicine, textiles, and dyeing.
Why this matters
The method expands evidence for prehistoric human-plant relationships in the Armenian Highlands beyond the rare survival of visible botanical remains.
Citation
Anneke T.M. ter Schure; Angela A Bruch; Andrew W. Kandel; Boris Gasparyan; Rainer W. Bussmann; Anne K. Brysting; Hugo de Boer, and Sanne Boessenkool 2022. Sedimentary ancient DNA metabarcoding as a tool for assessing prehistoric plant use at the Upper Paleolithic cave site Aghitu-3, Armenia. Journal of Human Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhevol.2022.103258
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