ABSTRACT

Comparable to Drieu et al.’s viewpoint, we argue that it is possible to identify ancient Eurasian grape wine by current biomolecular methods, but only in conjunction with the relevant archaeological, archaeobotanical, and other natural and social scientific data. Additionally, we advocate an inductive–deductive working hypothesis model, which is appropriate for the “historical science” of archaeology. We focus on two key deficiencies of Drieu et al.’s argumentation: (1) the assumption that Guasch-Jané et al. (2004) extracted their ancient samples with potassium hydroxide before testing for tartaric acid/tartrate, and (2) the supposition that 5000-year-old yeast DNA would not be preserved in the hot climate of Egypt but rather represents modern contamination.

摘要

与Drieu等人的观点相比，我们认为可以通过当前的生物分子方法来鉴定古老的欧亚葡萄酒，但只能结合相关的考古，考古植物学以及其他自然和社会科学数据。此外，我们提倡一种归纳-演绎工作假设模型，该模型适用于考古学的“历史科学”。我们关注Drieu等人论证的两个主要缺陷：（1）Guasch-Jané等人的假设。（2004年）在测试酒石酸/酒石酸之前，先用氢氧化钾提取了他们的古代样品，（2）这种假设认为，具有5000年历史的酵母DNA不会在埃及炎热的气候中保存，而是代表了现代污染。