A molecular and spectrometric approach for tracing the origin of ancient ivory

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Autor(a) principal: Costa, Marina
Data de Publicação: 2023
Outros Autores: Vicente, Cláudia S. L., Espada, Margarida, Faria, Jorge, Teixeira, Jorge, Bettencourt, José, Teixeira, Dora
Tipo de documento: Artigo de conferência
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10174/36185
Resumo: The remains recovered from ancient shipwrecks are a unique cultural, historical and archaeological heritage. The Horta Bay shipwreck (site BH-001), located at Faial Island, Azores archipelago, Portugal, was partially excavated between 2008 and 2012 and became of particular interest to scientists due to the quantity and diversity of artefacts recovered, with special emphasis to a vast elephant tusks collection of unknown origin. Named as “Ivory‘s Shipwreck,” a preliminary study of the artefacts suggests that it was a merchant ship operating in the Atlantic in the early eight- eenth century, with possible English origin. This assumption needs to be supported by a full study of these rare items, resorting to a modern multi-analytical approach. The analysis of artefacts through advanced analytical chemistry and molecular biology techniques may provide in- formation about the geographical origin of the ship, the route, its cargo, and a better understanding of the strategic importance of the Port of Horta in the 17th and 18th centuries. The artefacts recovered from the BH-001 site cover a wide variety of materials and an extraordinary collection of about one hundred ivory elephant tusks. The material analysis of these samples can provide information about the Asian or African origin of the elephants. Although the African source of the BH-001 ivory cargo is the most probable, analytical confirmation would provide higher reliability. In this work, we present the preliminary results obtained from the BH-001 archaeological site, using DNA-based methods for species identification (mitochondrial DNA barcoding) and spectroscopic methods, like Fourier trans- form infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and X-ray Fluorescence (XRF). Important information was obtained for elephant species identification by optimizing DNA extraction methods, however, data confirmation must be performed using a larger number of samples from the “Ivory‘s Shipwreck” cargo and, if possible, samples obtained from other wrecks of the same chronological period.
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spelling A molecular and spectrometric approach for tracing the origin of ancient ivoryThe remains recovered from ancient shipwrecks are a unique cultural, historical and archaeological heritage. The Horta Bay shipwreck (site BH-001), located at Faial Island, Azores archipelago, Portugal, was partially excavated between 2008 and 2012 and became of particular interest to scientists due to the quantity and diversity of artefacts recovered, with special emphasis to a vast elephant tusks collection of unknown origin. Named as “Ivory‘s Shipwreck,” a preliminary study of the artefacts suggests that it was a merchant ship operating in the Atlantic in the early eight- eenth century, with possible English origin. This assumption needs to be supported by a full study of these rare items, resorting to a modern multi-analytical approach. The analysis of artefacts through advanced analytical chemistry and molecular biology techniques may provide in- formation about the geographical origin of the ship, the route, its cargo, and a better understanding of the strategic importance of the Port of Horta in the 17th and 18th centuries. The artefacts recovered from the BH-001 site cover a wide variety of materials and an extraordinary collection of about one hundred ivory elephant tusks. The material analysis of these samples can provide information about the Asian or African origin of the elephants. Although the African source of the BH-001 ivory cargo is the most probable, analytical confirmation would provide higher reliability. In this work, we present the preliminary results obtained from the BH-001 archaeological site, using DNA-based methods for species identification (mitochondrial DNA barcoding) and spectroscopic methods, like Fourier trans- form infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and X-ray Fluorescence (XRF). Important information was obtained for elephant species identification by optimizing DNA extraction methods, however, data confirmation must be performed using a larger number of samples from the “Ivory‘s Shipwreck” cargo and, if possible, samples obtained from other wrecks of the same chronological period.2024-01-23T11:14:31Z2024-01-232023-08-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObjecthttp://hdl.handle.net/10174/36185http://hdl.handle.net/10174/36185engCosta M, Vicente CSL, Espada M, Faria J, Teixeira J, Bettencourt J, Teixeira D (2023) A molecular and spectrometric approach for tracing the origin of ancient ivory. 29th EAA Annual Meeting. Belfast. page 268.naonaosimmmcosta@uevora.ptcvicente@uevora.ptmespada@uevora.ptndndnddmt@uevora.pt266Costa, MarinaVicente, Cláudia S. L.Espada, MargaridaFaria, JorgeTeixeira, JorgeBettencourt, JoséTeixeira, Dorainfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2024-01-30T01:46:18Zoai:dspace.uevora.pt:10174/36185Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-20T01:58:53.139941Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
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title A molecular and spectrometric approach for tracing the origin of ancient ivory
spellingShingle A molecular and spectrometric approach for tracing the origin of ancient ivory
Costa, Marina
title_short A molecular and spectrometric approach for tracing the origin of ancient ivory
title_full A molecular and spectrometric approach for tracing the origin of ancient ivory
title_fullStr A molecular and spectrometric approach for tracing the origin of ancient ivory
title_full_unstemmed A molecular and spectrometric approach for tracing the origin of ancient ivory
title_sort A molecular and spectrometric approach for tracing the origin of ancient ivory
author Costa, Marina
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Vicente, Cláudia S. L.
Espada, Margarida
Faria, Jorge
Teixeira, Jorge
Bettencourt, José
Teixeira, Dora
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Faria, Jorge
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description The remains recovered from ancient shipwrecks are a unique cultural, historical and archaeological heritage. The Horta Bay shipwreck (site BH-001), located at Faial Island, Azores archipelago, Portugal, was partially excavated between 2008 and 2012 and became of particular interest to scientists due to the quantity and diversity of artefacts recovered, with special emphasis to a vast elephant tusks collection of unknown origin. Named as “Ivory‘s Shipwreck,” a preliminary study of the artefacts suggests that it was a merchant ship operating in the Atlantic in the early eight- eenth century, with possible English origin. This assumption needs to be supported by a full study of these rare items, resorting to a modern multi-analytical approach. The analysis of artefacts through advanced analytical chemistry and molecular biology techniques may provide in- formation about the geographical origin of the ship, the route, its cargo, and a better understanding of the strategic importance of the Port of Horta in the 17th and 18th centuries. The artefacts recovered from the BH-001 site cover a wide variety of materials and an extraordinary collection of about one hundred ivory elephant tusks. The material analysis of these samples can provide information about the Asian or African origin of the elephants. Although the African source of the BH-001 ivory cargo is the most probable, analytical confirmation would provide higher reliability. In this work, we present the preliminary results obtained from the BH-001 archaeological site, using DNA-based methods for species identification (mitochondrial DNA barcoding) and spectroscopic methods, like Fourier trans- form infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and X-ray Fluorescence (XRF). Important information was obtained for elephant species identification by optimizing DNA extraction methods, however, data confirmation must be performed using a larger number of samples from the “Ivory‘s Shipwreck” cargo and, if possible, samples obtained from other wrecks of the same chronological period.
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