Amplification of ancient DNA and determination of sex in medieval human skeletal material from Ballyhanna, Co. Donegal

The excavation of a ‘lost’ medieval cemetery on the route of the N15 Bundoran–Ballyshannon Bypass has created the opportunity for an innovative research project based at the Institute of Technology, Sligo.The aim of this research study is to extract and amplify ancient DNA (aDNA) from archaeological bones excavated from the medieval cemetery discovered at Ballyhanna, Co. …