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Correction to Redfern et al. (2017) ‘Written in Bone’: New Discoveries about the Lives of Roman Londoners, Britannia 48, 253–77

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 September 2023

Rebecca Redfern Open the ORCID record for Rebecca Redfern [Opens in a new window] ,
Kyriaki Anastasiadou ,
Marina Soares Da Silva ,
Alexandre Gilardet ,
Monica Kelly ,
Mia Williams ,
Thomas Booth  and
Pontus Skoglund
Rebecca Redfern
Affiliation:
Museum of London/University of Newcastle upon Tyne rredfern@museumoflondon.org.uk
Kyriaki Anastasiadou
Affiliation:
The Francis Crick Institute, London kyriaki.anastasiadou@crick.ac.uk marina.silva@crick.ac.uk alexandre.gilardet@crick.ac.uk monica.kelly@crick.ac.uk mia.williams@crick.ac.uk thomas.booth@crick.ac.uk pontus.skoglund@crick.ac.uk
Marina Soares Da Silva
Affiliation:
The Francis Crick Institute, London kyriaki.anastasiadou@crick.ac.uk marina.silva@crick.ac.uk alexandre.gilardet@crick.ac.uk monica.kelly@crick.ac.uk mia.williams@crick.ac.uk thomas.booth@crick.ac.uk pontus.skoglund@crick.ac.uk
Alexandre Gilardet
Affiliation:
The Francis Crick Institute, London kyriaki.anastasiadou@crick.ac.uk marina.silva@crick.ac.uk alexandre.gilardet@crick.ac.uk monica.kelly@crick.ac.uk mia.williams@crick.ac.uk thomas.booth@crick.ac.uk pontus.skoglund@crick.ac.uk
Monica Kelly
Affiliation:
The Francis Crick Institute, London kyriaki.anastasiadou@crick.ac.uk marina.silva@crick.ac.uk alexandre.gilardet@crick.ac.uk monica.kelly@crick.ac.uk mia.williams@crick.ac.uk thomas.booth@crick.ac.uk pontus.skoglund@crick.ac.uk
Mia Williams
Affiliation:
The Francis Crick Institute, London kyriaki.anastasiadou@crick.ac.uk marina.silva@crick.ac.uk alexandre.gilardet@crick.ac.uk monica.kelly@crick.ac.uk mia.williams@crick.ac.uk thomas.booth@crick.ac.uk pontus.skoglund@crick.ac.uk
Thomas Booth
Affiliation:
The Francis Crick Institute, London kyriaki.anastasiadou@crick.ac.uk marina.silva@crick.ac.uk alexandre.gilardet@crick.ac.uk monica.kelly@crick.ac.uk mia.williams@crick.ac.uk thomas.booth@crick.ac.uk pontus.skoglund@crick.ac.uk
Pontus Skoglund
Affiliation:
The Francis Crick Institute, London kyriaki.anastasiadou@crick.ac.uk marina.silva@crick.ac.uk alexandre.gilardet@crick.ac.uk monica.kelly@crick.ac.uk mia.williams@crick.ac.uk thomas.booth@crick.ac.uk pontus.skoglund@crick.ac.uk
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Abstract

In 2017, ancient DNA analysis of the Harper Road burial from Southwark (London) found that the individual had male chromosomes. Now analysis has discovered that the individual had female chromosomes, data which match the osteological estimation of sex and the interpretation of the grave-goods.

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Harper Roadancient DNAbioarchaeologyLondon

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Britannia , Volume 54 , November 2023 , pp. 327 - 331
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies

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