Hemorrhagic fever virus, human blood, and tissues in Iron Age mortuary vessels

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• 作者：Conner J. Wiktorowicz^a ; ^{cwiktoro@purdue.edu} ; Bettina Arnold^b ; John E. Wiktorowicz^c ; Matthew L. Murray^d ; Alexander Kurosky^c
• 关键词：Proteomics ; Mortuary practice ; Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus ; Organ removal ; Exsanguination ; Iron Age Europe ; Residue analysis
• 刊名：Journal of Archaeological Science
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：78
• 期：Complete
• 页码：29-39
• 全文大小：3193 K
• 卷排序：78

文摘

A novel protocol was developed to extract proteins adsorbed to archaeological ceramic vessels. Peptides were analyzed by LC-MS/MS and matched to proteins by NCBI's Protein Database with MASCOT. The results reveal the death of a politically-significant person due to hemorrhagic fever virus. The results also suggest the deceased's organs were placed in pottery and interred in a tumulus. Proteomic analysis allows for an enormous amount of new information to be extracted from pottery.