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ISBA9 9Th International Symposium on Biomolecular Archaeology June1st – 4Th 2021 (Toulouse, FRANCE) ISBA9 9th International Symposium on Biomolecular Archaeology June1st – 4th 2021 (Toulouse, FRANCE) 1 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS TALKS Plant evolution and domestication Cheryl Makarewicz et al. Biomolecular identification of the Bronze Age p12 spread of millet into the Altai Philipp W. Stockhammer et al. Proteins and combustion markers in p12 human dental calculus from the 2nd millennium BCE Eastern Mediterranean Mélanie Roffet-Salque et al. Dairying, diseases and the evolution of p13 lactase persistence in Europe Oscar Estrada et al. VINICULTURE: grapes and wines in France from the p14 origins of viticulture to the Middle Ages Jazmin Ramos Madrigal et al. The journey of maize into Eastern North p14 America Isabelle Gaffney et al. Investigating drought stress markers in p15 archaeological maize using a novel paleometabolomics approach. Contributions about ancient diet and cuisine Christina Cheung et al. Fish for the babies - a reappraisal of the role of p17 protein-based weaning food in human prehistory Jasmin Lundy et al. Cuisine in Medieval Sicily: insights from organic p17 residue analysis of ceramics containers and other archaeological evidence Sylvia Soncin et al. Diet at 79AD Herculaneum: a compound specific p18 stable isotope approach Vika Efrossini et al. Autarchy on an island? A multi-method reconstruction p19 of diets in Late Bronze Age Kefalonia, Greece. Pierre-Jean Dodat et al. Isotopic calcium biogeochemistry: dietary p19 reconstruction of two Neandertals from Regourdou site (Dordogne, France) and comparison with one Neandertal from La Grotte du Bison (Yonne, France). Florinda Notarstefano et al. Feasts and drinks in Iron Age communities of p20 southern Apulia: residue analyses in indigenous decorated pottery Innovative methods developed to optimize the recovery and analysis of ancient biomolecules Alexandra Morton-Hayward et al. Ancient preserved brains: a multi-omics p21 approach to neural tissues in the archaeological record, and insights from molecular taphonomy Ismael Rodriguez Palomo Site specific deamidation of Asn and Gln p21 assessed by analysis of ancient collagen Tomasz Suchan et al. Ancient DNA capture using RNA hyRAD probes p22 Torsten Günther. Estimating ancestry proportions and adjusting genotype p23 likelihoods in the presence of mapping bias Harald Ringbauer et al. Identification of long shared haplotypes in ancient p23 DNA - Inferring close and distant relatives Viviane Slon et al. Ancient DNA from the Levantine Paleolithic is within p24 reach: Results from sedimentary DNA analysis at Sefunim Cave, Israel 3 Human evolution and group interactions, from the Paleolithic to the Middle Neolithic Cosimo Posth et al. Genomic analyses of Zlaty kun reveal the oldest p25 modern human skull from Europe Laurits Skov et al. Genetic Analysis of 17 Neandertals from two sites in p25 the Altai Mountains Carlos S. Reyna-Blanco et al. Danubians: A local complex history towards p26 Neolithisation Ainash Childebayeva et al. Genomic portrait of an early Neolithic farming p27 community in Central Europe Céline Bon et al. Don't judge a book by its cover: cultural evidence of p27 Mesolithic resurgence in Middle Neolithic Paris Basin not linked to genetic admixture. Refoyo Martinez et al. Reconstructing ancient traits and recovering p28 variants under positive selection at the Mesolithic-Neolithic transition using 1,490 ancient imputed genomes The challenges and new developments in the field of sedimentary ancient DNA (sedaDNA), paleoecology and paleoclimate reconstruction Hazel Reade, Rhiannon Stevens. Nitrogen palaeo-isoscapes: Exploring p30 drivers of change in Late Pleistocene environments using archaeological isotope data Robin Allaby et al. sedaDNA of Doggerland: a reconstruction of the early p30 Holocene palaeoenvironment using emerging taxonomic assignment, ecological, and authentication methods Rosie Everett et al. From theoretical processes to the reality of the p31 depositional environment: The challenges of understanding taphonomic processes for sedimentary DNA (sedaDNA) interpretation Diyendo Massilani et al. Microstratigraphic preservation of ancient DNA in p31 sediment Ainara Sistiaga et al. Did hot pot make us humans? A geochemical p32 approach to the paleolandscape of Olduvai Gorge at the emergence of the Acheulean, 1.7ma. Rhiannon Stevens et al. Records of past permafrost thaw preserved in p33 fossil bone sulphur isotope signatures? Large-scale statistical analyses to explore the impact of transitions on human phenotypes and population structures Inigo Olalde et al. Human mobility at the Roman Danubian Limes before p34 and after the fall of the Empire Evan Irving-Pease et al. Ancestry-aware modelling of the evolution of p34 GWAS variants in a large cohort of ancient genomes Ruoyun Hui et al. Validating polygenic risk prediction using ancient DNA p35 Sandra Penske et al. An interdisciplinary study of the social structure from p36 the early Neolithic to the early Bronze Age in central Germany Anna Szecsenyi-Nagy et al. Unraveling the genetic network of Bronze p36 Age populations: complex genomic structures in the 3000-800 BC East- Central Europe Fernando Racimo et al. Inferring and simulating spatiotemporal p37 movement using ancient and sedimentary DNA 4 Human evolution, mobility and social change outside western Europe Xiaoran Wang et al. Multiple isotopic and aDNA analyses of Nevali Cori p39 shed light on a socio-section of ancient southeast Anatolia Selina Carlhoff et al. Population history of ancient Wallacea p39 Victor Moreno-Mayar et al. Ancient Rapanui genomes reveal pre- p40 European trans-Pacific contact with Indigenous Americans Stefanie Eisenmann et al. Immigration and Locality at Alalakh, a 2nd p41 millennium BC city in the northern Levant Marcel Keller et al. Genetic characterization of an Iron Age community p42 from Tuva, Southern Siberia Yue-Chen Liu et al. Genomic Evidence for At Least Four Prehistoric p43 Migrations to Micronesia Research on extinct animals and conservation genetics Sabhrina Aninta et al. Do different islands shape different babirusa? p44 Natalia Przelomska et al. Archaeogenomics of Atlantic sturgeon from the p44 Chesapeake - a population recovering from a perilous decline Marta Maria Ciucani et al Genomic analyses of the extinct Sardinian p45 dhole (Cynotherium sardous) reveal its evolutionary history Michael V. Westbury et al. Unlocking the evolutionary past of sabre- p46 toothed cats through a palaeogenomic lens Marianne Dehasque et al. Studying selection in the last woolly mammoth p46 population using genome-wide time series data Michael Richards et al. Biomolecular studies of mammoths from Late p47 Pleistocene British Columbia, Canada The origins and evolutionary trajectory of domestic, exploited and/or commensal animals Marie Balasse et al. Sheep birth seasonality in European past herds. The p49 Neolithic biological and cultural heritage He Yu et al. Palaeogenomic analysis of the black rat reveals multiple p49 European introductions associated with human economic history A. M. Eikeset et al. Genomic stability through time despite decades of p51 exploitation in cod on both sides of the Atlantic ocean Tatiana Feuerborn et al. Where you lead I will follow: Shaping Siberian p52 dog ancestry through trade and dispersal Anne Kathrine Runge et al. Palaeoproteomic analyses of dog p52 palaeofaeces reveal a preserved dietary and host digestive proteome Pablo Librado et al. The genomic foundation and spread of domestic p53 horses The application of ancient proteomic techniques to molecular archaeology Jorune Sakalauskaite et al. Shell palaeoproteomics: from p55 biomineralization to characterisation of ancient proteins preserved in archaeological mollusc shells Tuuli Kasso et al. Combing Honeycombs - Palaeoproteomics Applied on p56 Historical Beeswax Patrick Ruether et al. SPIN - Species by Proteome INvestigation p56 Laura Vinas Caron et al. Proteomic analysis provides insights into the p57 history and organisation of a medieval palimpsest 5 Marc Dickinson et al. Amino acid dating of mammalian tooth enamel and p57 its potential for building geochronologies Manasij Pal Chowdhury et al. A machine learning approach in developing p58 an ATR-FTIR-based screening system for collagen (ZooMS analysis) and mtDNA in archaeological bones Ancient microbes and pathogens and their contribution to understanding past epidemics and health (1) Kisten Bos et al. A treponemal genome from an historic plague victim p60 supports a recent emergence of yaws and its presence in 15 th century Europe Kerttu Majnder et al. Unravelling the History of Treponema pallidum with p60 Ancient DNA Investigations Elizabeth Nelson et al. Mycobacterium tuberculosis diversity across the p61 precolonial Andes Verena Schuenemann et al. New ancient Mycobacterium leprae genomes p62 reveal leprosaria as a potential source of high strain diversity in medieval Europe Lena Granehäll et al. Metagenomic analysis of ancient dental calculus p63 reveals unexplored diversity of oral archaeal Methanobrevibacter Magdalena Haller et al. Mass burial genomics reveals outbreak of enteric p64 paratyphoid fever in the Late Medieval trade city Luebeck Ancient microbes and pathogens and their contribution to understanding past epidemics and health (2) Alexander Hübner et al. Paleofeces reveal recent loss of diversity and p65 microbial symbionts in the Western gut microbiome Christiana Scheib et al. Investigating human-pathogen evolution using p66 paired ancient genomics and proteomics Frank Maixner et al. Molecular and microscopic analysis
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