Excavation Site (IMAGE)

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Excavation Site

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Geographical map specifying the location of the archaeological site "Altenerding". The other site, where Y. pestis 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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