About the Authors

Treena Swanston

treena.swanston@usask.ca

Affiliation Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada

Monique Haakensen

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada

Harry Deneer

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada

Ernest G. Walker

Affiliation Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TS. Performed the experiments: TS. Analyzed the data: TS MH HD EW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HD EW. Wrote the paper: TS.