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Identification of ancient blood and tissue – ELISA and DNA analysis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

C. Cattaneo ,
K. Gelsthorpe ,
P. Phillips ,
R. J. Sokol  and
D. Smillie
C. Cattaneo
Affiliation:
Regional Blood Transfusion Centre, Longley Lane, Sheffield s5 7JN
K. Gelsthorpe
Affiliation:
Regional Blood Transfusion Centre, Longley Lane, Sheffield s5 7JN
P. Phillips
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology & Prehistory, University of Sheffield, Sheffield s10 2TN
R. J. Sokol
Affiliation:
Regional Blood Transfusion Centre, Longley Lane, Sheffield s5 7JN
D. Smillie
Affiliation:
Regional Blood Transfusion Centre, Longley Lane, Sheffield s5 7JN
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Antiquity , Volume 65 , Issue 249 , December 1991 , pp. 878 - 881
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd 1991

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A report from Sheffield indicates whither - and at what speed - the new field of archaeological molecular biology is advancing.

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