Ancient DNA Quality and Taxonomic Data for 22 Archaeological Samples

22 archaeological samples include bin data with quality and PyDamage aDNA parameters, plus short taxonomic descriptions. The dataset was authored by Rebeka Rāciņa and uploaded to figshare in May 2026. One additional sample was explored but did not produce bins.

Use Cases

• Assess ancient DNA authenticity based on damage patterns and quality parameters mentioned in the description.
• Perform taxonomic classification of archaeological material based on the included taxonomic descriptions.
• Compare aDNA preservation and binning success across different archaeological samples.
• Validate or benchmark metagenomic binning pipelines using the provided bin data.

Strengths

• Includes data for 22 distinct archaeological samples.
• Contains specific aDNA authenticity metrics, such as PyDamage parameters.
• Released under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The dataset is very small at 58.4 KB, indicating limited scope.

Provenance

Source

figshare, author Rebeka Rāciņa.

Collection Method

Likely generated from metagenomic analysis of archaeological samples.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-19 15:52:44; freshness should be verified.