An extensive archaeological dental calculus dataset spanning 5000 years for ancient human oral microbiome researchEuropean Nucleotide ArchiveEuropean Nucleotide ArchiveDryad
Archaeological dental calculus can provide detailed insights into the ancient human oral microbiome. We offer a multi-period, multi-site, ancient shotgun metagenomic dataset consisting of 174 samples obtained primarily from archaeological dental calculus derived from various skeletal collections in...
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| author | Francesca J. Standeven Gwyn Dahlquist-Axe Jessica Hendy Sarah Fiddyment Malin Holst Krista McGrath Matthew Collins Amy Mundorff Anita Radini Josef Wagner Conor J. Meehan Andrew Tedder Camilla F. Speller |
| author_facet | Francesca J. Standeven Gwyn Dahlquist-Axe Jessica Hendy Sarah Fiddyment Malin Holst Krista McGrath Matthew Collins Amy Mundorff Anita Radini Josef Wagner Conor J. Meehan Andrew Tedder Camilla F. Speller |
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| description | Archaeological dental calculus can provide detailed insights into the ancient human oral microbiome. We offer a multi-period, multi-site, ancient shotgun metagenomic dataset consisting of 174 samples obtained primarily from archaeological dental calculus derived from various skeletal collections in the United Kingdom. This article describes all the materials used including the skeletons’ historical period and burial location, biological sex, and age determination, data accessibility, and additional details associated with environmental and laboratory controls. In addition, this article describes the laboratory and bioinformatic methods associated with the dataset development and discusses the technical validity of the data following quality assessments, damage evaluations, and decontamination procedures. Our approach to collecting, making accessible, and evaluating bioarchaeological metadata in advance of metagenomic analysis aims to further enable the exploration of archaeological science topics such as diet, disease, and antimicrobial resistance (AMR). |
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| spelling | doaj-art-c7f23fcc92c34c6da8f67a0ac45f4e572025-08-20T03:18:38ZengElsevierData in Brief2352-34092025-08-016111177010.1016/j.dib.2025.111770An extensive archaeological dental calculus dataset spanning 5000 years for ancient human oral microbiome researchEuropean Nucleotide ArchiveEuropean Nucleotide ArchiveDryadFrancesca J. Standeven0Gwyn Dahlquist-Axe1Jessica Hendy2Sarah Fiddyment3Malin Holst4Krista McGrath5Matthew Collins6Amy Mundorff7Anita Radini8Josef Wagner9Conor J. Meehan10Andrew Tedder11Camilla F. Speller12School of Chemistry and Biosciences, University of Bradford, UKSchool of Chemistry and Biosciences, University of Bradford, UKBioArCh, Department of Archaeology, University of York, York, UKBioArCh, Department of Archaeology, University of York, York, UKBioArCh, Department of Archaeology, University of York, York, UK; York Osteoarchaeology Ltd, UKDepartment of Prehistory and Institute of Environmental Science and Technology (ICTA-UAB), Universitat Autònomade Barcelona, Bellaterra, SpainSection for Evolutionary Genomics, the GLOBE Institute, University of Copenhagen, København, Denmark; Department of Archaeology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UKDepartment of Anthropology, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USAUCD School of Archaeology, College of Social Sciences and Law, University College Dublin, Dublin, Republic of IrelandEnteric Diseases, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Parkville, Australia; Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, AustraliaDepartment of Biosciences, Nottingham Trent University, UKSchool of Chemistry and Biosciences, University of Bradford, UKDepartment of Anthropology, University of British Columbia, Canada; Corresponding author.Archaeological dental calculus can provide detailed insights into the ancient human oral microbiome. We offer a multi-period, multi-site, ancient shotgun metagenomic dataset consisting of 174 samples obtained primarily from archaeological dental calculus derived from various skeletal collections in the United Kingdom. This article describes all the materials used including the skeletons’ historical period and burial location, biological sex, and age determination, data accessibility, and additional details associated with environmental and laboratory controls. In addition, this article describes the laboratory and bioinformatic methods associated with the dataset development and discusses the technical validity of the data following quality assessments, damage evaluations, and decontamination procedures. Our approach to collecting, making accessible, and evaluating bioarchaeological metadata in advance of metagenomic analysis aims to further enable the exploration of archaeological science topics such as diet, disease, and antimicrobial resistance (AMR).http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352340925004974Dental calculusMetagenomicsAncient DNABioinformaticsOral microbiomeBioarchaeology |
| spellingShingle | Francesca J. Standeven Gwyn Dahlquist-Axe Jessica Hendy Sarah Fiddyment Malin Holst Krista McGrath Matthew Collins Amy Mundorff Anita Radini Josef Wagner Conor J. Meehan Andrew Tedder Camilla F. Speller An extensive archaeological dental calculus dataset spanning 5000 years for ancient human oral microbiome researchEuropean Nucleotide ArchiveEuropean Nucleotide ArchiveDryad Data in Brief Dental calculus Metagenomics Ancient DNA Bioinformatics Oral microbiome Bioarchaeology |
| title | An extensive archaeological dental calculus dataset spanning 5000 years for ancient human oral microbiome researchEuropean Nucleotide ArchiveEuropean Nucleotide ArchiveDryad |
| title_full | An extensive archaeological dental calculus dataset spanning 5000 years for ancient human oral microbiome researchEuropean Nucleotide ArchiveEuropean Nucleotide ArchiveDryad |
| title_fullStr | An extensive archaeological dental calculus dataset spanning 5000 years for ancient human oral microbiome researchEuropean Nucleotide ArchiveEuropean Nucleotide ArchiveDryad |
| title_full_unstemmed | An extensive archaeological dental calculus dataset spanning 5000 years for ancient human oral microbiome researchEuropean Nucleotide ArchiveEuropean Nucleotide ArchiveDryad |
| title_short | An extensive archaeological dental calculus dataset spanning 5000 years for ancient human oral microbiome researchEuropean Nucleotide ArchiveEuropean Nucleotide ArchiveDryad |
| title_sort | extensive archaeological dental calculus dataset spanning 5000 years for ancient human oral microbiome researcheuropean nucleotide archiveeuropean nucleotide archivedryad |
| topic | Dental calculus Metagenomics Ancient DNA Bioinformatics Oral microbiome Bioarchaeology |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352340925004974 |
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