About the Authors

Jana Jones

Affiliation Department of Ancient History, Faculty of Arts, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Thomas F. G. Higham

Affiliation Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit, Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Ron Oldfield

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Terry P. O'Connor

Affiliation Department of Archaeology, University of York, The Kings Manor, York, United Kingdom

Stephen A. Buckley

sb55@york.ac.uk

Affiliations Department of Archaeology, University of York, The Kings Manor, York, United Kingdom, BioArch, Departments of Archaeology, Biology and Chemistry (S-Block), University of York, York, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SAB JJ TFGH. Performed the experiments: SAB JJ TFGH RO. Analyzed the data: SAB JJ TFGH RO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SAB TFGH RO. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: SAB JJ TFGH RO TPO.