About the Authors
- Stephen Buckley
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Affiliation BioArCh, University of York, York, United Kingdom
- Donatella Usai
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Affiliation Istituto Italiano per l'Africa e l'Oriente, Roma; Centro Studi Sudanese e Sub-Sahariani, Treviso, Italy
- Tina Jakob
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Affiliation Department of Archaeology, Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom
- Anita Radini
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Affiliations BioArCh, University of York, York, United Kingdom, University of Leicester Archaeological Services (ULAS), School of Archaeology and Ancient History, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom
- Karen Hardy
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* E-mail: khardy@icrea.cat
Affiliation ICREA (Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies), Departament de Prehistòria, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain
Competing Interests
Co-author Karen Hardy is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE Editorial policies and criteria.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: KH SB DU. Performed the experiments: KH SB. Analyzed the data: KH SB AR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KH SB TJ DU. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: KH SB DU TJ AR. Director of the excavations at the site: DU. Sorted, identified and selected all the samples: TJ.