Excavation Site (IMAGE)

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Excavation Site

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Geographical map specifying the location of the archaeological site &quot;Altenerding&quot;. The other site, where <i>Y. pestis</i> has been identified, and its genome has been previously reconstructed (Wagner et al. 2014), is the cemetery of Aschheim, which is located approximately 20 km southwest of Altenerding. *Wagner DM, Klunk J, Harbeck M, Devault A, Waglechner N, Sahl JW, Enk J, Birdsell DN, Kuch M, Lumibao C. 2014. Yersinia pestis and the Plague of Justinian 541- 543 AD: A genomic analysis. The Lancet Infectious Diseases 14(4):319-26.

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State Collection of Anthropology and Palaeoanatomy Munich

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