The globalization of naval provisioning: ancient DNA and stable isotope analyses of stored cod from the wreck of the Mary Rose, AD 1545

Hutchinson, William F.; Culling, Mark; Orton, David C.; Hänfling, Bernd; Handley, Lori Lawson; Hamilton-Dyer, Sheila; O'Connell, Tamsin C.; Richards, Michael P.; Barrett, James H.

Abstract

© 2015 The Authors. A comparison of ancient DNA (single-nucleotide polymorphisms) and carbon and nitrogen stable isotope evidence suggests that stored cod provisions recovered from the wreck of the Tudor warship Mary Rose, which sank in the Solent, southern England, in 1545, had been caught in northern and transatlantic waters such as the northern North Sea and the fishing grounds of Iceland and Newfoundland. This discovery, underpinned by control data from archaeological samples of cod bones from potential source regions, illuminates the role of naval provisioning in the early development of extensive sea fisheries, with their long-term economic and ecological impacts.

Citation

Hutchinson, W. F., Culling, M., Orton, D. C., Hänfling, B., Handley, L. L., Hamilton-Dyer, S., …Barrett, J. H. (2015). The globalization of naval provisioning: ancient DNA and stable isotope analyses of stored cod from the wreck of the Mary Rose, AD 1545. Royal Society Open Science, 2(9), 150199. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.150199

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Aug 14, 2015
• Online Publication Date: Sep 9, 2015
• Publication Date: Sep 1, 2015
• Deposit Date: Aug 6, 2018
• Publicly Available Date: Aug 7, 2018
• Journal: Royal Society Open Science
• Electronic ISSN: 2054-5703
• Publisher: The Royal Society
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 2
• Issue: 9
• Pages: 150199
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.150199
• Keywords: Historical ecology; Single-nucleotide polymorphisms; Stable isotope analysis; Cod; Fish trade; Mary Rose
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/914659
• Publisher URL: http://rsos.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/2/9/150199