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Oeggl, Klaus, Werner Kofler, Alexandra Schmidl, James H. Dickson,
Eduard Egarter-Vigl, and Othmar Gaber. “The Reconstruction of
the Last Itinerary of 'Ötzi', the Neolithic Iceman, by Pollen Analyses
from Sequentially Sampled Gut Extracts.” Quaternary Science Re-
views 26 (2007): 853-861. The researchers found pollen samples in
Ötzi's digestive tract that indicates Ötzi was in the mountains for
a while, then descended—probably to a village—and then quickly
climbed again to the place where he died.
Perre, David, André Langaney, Mario Chech, Maria Teschler-Nicola,
Maja Paunovic, Philippe Mennecier, et al. “No Evidence of Neandertal
mtDNA Contribution to Early Modern Humans.” PLoS Biology. March
2004. Available online. URL: http://www.plosbiology.org/article/info:
doi/10.1371/journal.pbio.0020057. Accessed May 28, 2009. The re-
searchers compared mitochondrial DNA found in four Neanderthal
fossils from Germany, Russia, and Croatia to that of modern humans.
They found that the Neanderthal mtDNA sequences were similar to
one another but were not found in mtDNA of modern humans.
Rollo, Franco, Massimo Ubaldi, Luca Ermini, and Isolina Marota. “Öt-
zi's Last Meals: DNA Analysis of the Intestinal Content of the Neo-
lithic Glacier Mummy from the Alps.” Proceedings of the National
Academy of Sciences 99 (October 1, 2002): 12,594-12,599. he re-
searchers discovered the remains of two meals, based on their posi-
tion in the intestines.
Science Daily. “King Tut Liked Red Wine.” News release, April 3, 2005.
Available online. URL: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/
03/050326001121.htm. Accessed May 28, 2009. Researchers identify
the color of wine in ancient samples.
Web sites
Archaeological Institute of America: The WWWorld of Archaeology.
Available online. URL: http://www.archaeology.org/wwwarky/. Ac-
cessed May 28, 2009. This Web site contains links to interesting sites
about archaeology. Categories include classical archaeology (Greek
and Roman archaeology), Europe, North America, Asia and the Pa-
cific Ocean, Africa and Egypt, underwater archaeology, and others.
Cold Spring Harbor: DNA Interactive. Available online. URL: http://
www.dnai.org/. Accessed May 28, 2009. Graphics and animations