An extensive archaeological dental calculus dataset spanning 5000 years for ancient human oral microbiome research
Standeven, Francesca J. (University of Bradford. School of Chemistry and Biosciences)
Dahlquist-Axe, Gwyn (University of Bradford. School of Chemistry and Biosciences)
Hendy, Jessica (University of York. Department of Archaeology)
Fiddyment, Sarah (University of York. Department of Archaeology)
Holst, Malin (University of York. Department of Archaeology)
McGrath, Krista Michelle (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Prehistòria)
Collins, Matthew (University of Copenhagen. GLOBE Institute)
Mundorff, Amy (University of Tennessee. Department of Anthropology)
Radini, Anita (University College Dublin. School of Archaeology)
Wagner, Josef (The University of Melbourne. Department of Paediatrics)
Meehan, Conor J. (Nottingham Trent University. Department of Biosciences)
Tedder, Andrew (University of Bradford. School of Chemistry and Biosciences)
Speller, Camilla F. (University of British Columbia. Department of Anthropology)

Data:	2025
Resum:	Archaeological dental calculus can provide detailed insights into the ancient human oral microbiome. We offer a multi-period, multi-site, ancient shotgun metagenomic dataset consisting of 174 samples obtained primarily from archaeological dental calculus derived from various skeletal collections in the United Kingdom. This article describes all the materials used including the skeletons' historical period and burial location, biological sex, and age determination, data accessibility, and additional details associated with environmental and laboratory controls. In addition, this article describes the laboratory and bioinformatic methods associated with the dataset development and discusses the technical validity of the data following quality assessments, damage evaluations, and decontamination procedures. Our approach to collecting, making accessible, and evaluating bioarchaeological metadata in advance of metagenomic analysis aims to further enable the exploration of archaeological science topics such as diet, disease, and antimicrobial resistance (AMR). © 2025 The Author(s).
Resum:	Archaeological dental calculus can provide detailed insights into the ancient human oral microbiome. We offer a multi-period, multi-site, ancient shotgun metagenomic dataset consisting of 174 samples obtained primarily from archaeological dental calculus derived from various skeletal collections in the United Kingdom. This article describes all the materials used including the skeletons' historical period and burial location, biological sex, and age determination, data accessibility, and additional details associated with environmental and laboratory controls. In addition, this article describes the laboratory and bioinformatic methods associated with the dataset development and discusses the technical validity of the data following quality assessments, damage evaluations, and decontamination procedures. Our approach to collecting, making accessible, and evaluating bioarchaeological metadata in advance of metagenomic analysis aims to further enable the exploration of archaeological science topics such as diet, disease, and antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
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Llengua:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Matèria:	Ancient DNA ; Bioarchaeology ; Bioinformatics ; Dental calculus ; Metagenomics ; Oral microbiome
Publicat a:	Data in brief, Vol. 61 (2025) , art 111770, ISSN 2352-3409

DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2025.111770
PMID: 40673184

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