title: A sunken ship of the desert at the river Danube in Tulln, Austria.
abstract: Rescue excavations recovered a skeleton that resurrect the contemporary dramatic history of Austria in the 17th century as troops besieged Vienna in the second Osmanic-Habsburg war. Unique for Central Europe is the evidence of a completely preserved camel skeleton uncovered in a large refuse pit. The male individual of slender stature indicates a few but characteristic pathological changes revealing not a beast of burden but probably a valuable riding animal. Anatomical and morphometrical analyses suggest a hybrid confirmed by the ancient DNA analyses resulting in the presence of a dromedary in the maternal and a Bactrian camel in the paternal line.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, Vetmeduni, Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: Alfred
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Galik
authors.affiliation: Institute of Population Genetics, Vetmeduni, Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: Elmira
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mohandesan
authors.affiliation: Institute of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, Vetmeduni, Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: Gerhard
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Forstenpointner
authors.affiliation: Institute of Prehistory and Historical Archaeology, Univ. Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: Ute Maria
authors.initials: UM
authors.lastname: Scholz
authors.affiliation: Institute of Population Genetics, Vetmeduni, Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: Emily
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ruiz
authors.affiliation: Federal Office for the Protection of Monuments Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Krenn
authors.affiliation: Institute of Population Genetics, Vetmeduni, Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: Pamela
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Burger
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001317:Austria; D002162:Camelus / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000032:analysis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D049671:History, 18th Century; D008297:Male; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; D045483:Rivers; D012767:Ships / Q000266:history; D012886:Skull / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial
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