PXD045452-2

PXD045452 is an original dataset announced via ProteomeXchange.

Title	The name of the game: palaeoproteomics and radiocarbon dates further refine the presence and dispersal of caprines in eastern and southern Africa
Description	Genetic, linguistic, and archaeological studies have demonstrated the existence of strong links between eastern and southern Africa over the past millennia, including the diffusion of the first domesticated sheep and goats. However, the proportions at which they were introduced into past human subsistence strategies in Africa is difficult to assess archaeologically, as caprines share skeletal features with a number of wild bovids. Palaeoproteomics has proven effective at retrieving biological information from archaeological remains in African arid contexts. Using published collagen sequences and generated de novo ones of wild bovids, we present the molecular (re-)attribution of remains morphologically identified as sheep/goat or unidentifiable bovids from seventeen archaeological sites distributed between eastern and southern Africa and spanning seven millennia. More than 70% of the remains were identified and the direct radiocarbon dating of domesticates specimens allowed the chronological refinement of the arrival of caprines in both African regions. Our results further substantiate a predominance of sheep in the assemblages along with a similar arrival chronology. Beyond adding substantial biological data to the field of (palaeo-)proteomics, it is the first large-scale palaeoproteomics investigation to include both eastern and southern African sites, opening promising future applications of the method on the continent.
HostingRepository	PRIDE
AnnounceDate	2023-11-14
AnnouncementXML	Submission_2023-11-14_08:19:33.129.xml
DigitalObjectIdentifier
ReviewLevel	Peer-reviewed dataset
DatasetOrigin	Original dataset
RepositorySupport	Unsupported dataset by repository
PrimarySubmitter	Louise Le Meillour
SpeciesList	scientific name: Nanger dama; NCBI TaxID: 67940; scientific name: Eudorcas rufifrons; NCBI TaxID: 69304; scientific name: Ammotragus lervia; NCBI TaxID: 9899; scientific name: Pelea capreolus; NCBI TaxID: 59552; scientific name: Addax nasomaculatus; NCBI TaxID: 59515; scientific name: Capra nubiana; NCBI TaxID: 72543; scientific name: Gazella sp.; NCBI TaxID: 123901; scientific name: Gazella dorcas; NCBI TaxID: 37751; scientific name: Antilopinae; NCBI TaxID: 9948;
ModificationList	methionine oxidation with neutral loss of 64 Da; deamidated L-asparagine; deamidated L-glutamine; monohydroxylated proline
Instrument	Bruker Daltonics maXis series

Revision	Datetime	Status	ChangeLog Entry
0	2023-09-18 05:20:59	ID requested
1	2023-11-08 01:24:57	announced
⏵ 2	2023-11-14 08:19:33	announced	2023-11-14: Updated project metadata.

Dataset with its publication pending

submitter keyword: pastoralism, palaeoproteomics,Africa, zooarchaeology, radiocarbon dating, hunters-gatherers, domesticated caprines

Séverine Zirah
contact affiliation	Molécules de Communication et Adaptation des Micro-organismes UMR 7245 Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle Paris, France
contact email	szirah@mnhn.fr
lab head
Louise Le Meillour
contact affiliation	Section for Molecular Ecology and Evolution Globe Institute University of Copenhagen Denmark
contact email	louise@palaeome.org
dataset submitter

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PRIDE project URI

• PRIDE
  1. PXD045452
     1. Label: PRIDE project
     2. Name: The name of the game: palaeoproteomics and radiocarbon dates further refine the presence and dispersal of caprines in eastern and southern Africa