An extensive archaeological dental calculus dataset spanning 5000 years for ancient human oral microbiome research.

ABSTRACT: 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 decontaminat

SUBMITTER: Standeven FJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12266532 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature