Publications Albert Zink

Sarhan M, Wurst C, Tzankov A, Bircher AJ, Wittig H, Briellmann T, Augsburger M, Hotz G, Zink A, Maixner F (2023) A nontuberculous mycobacterium could solve the mystery of the lady from the Franciscan church in Basel, Switzerland. BMC Biology 21, 9, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-022-01509-7

Paladin A, Zingale S, Croze M, Marzoli C, Tecchiati U, Zink A, Coia V (2023) Archaeological questions and genetic answers: Male paternal kinship in a copper age multiple burial from the eastern Italian Alps. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 50, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2023.104103

Panzer S, Schneider KO, Zesch S, Rosendahl W, Thompson RC, Zink A (2023) Anemias in ancient Egyptian child mummies: Computed tomography investigations in European museums. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 33, 3 https://doi.org/10.1002/oa.3227

Piombino-Mascali D, Zink A (2023) Alfredo Salafia’s handwritten memoir and the embalming of Rosalia Lombardo: a commentary. Anthropologischer Anzeiger 80, 1, https://doi.org/10.1127/anthranz/2022/1630

Szvák E, Győry H, Scheffer K, Rosendahl W, Zesch S, Zink AR, Piombino-Mascali D, Girčius R, Pálfi G, Pap I (2023) On some mummy findings from the Semmelweis Museum of Medical History, Hungarian National Museum, Budapest. Anthropologischer Anzeiger 80, 2, https://doi.org/10.1127/anthranz/2022/1587

Maixner F, Drescher D, Boccalini G, Piombino-Mascali D, Janko M, Berens-Riha N, Kim BJ, Gamble M, Schatterny J, Morty RE, Ludwig M, Krause-Kyora B, Stark R, An HJ, Neumann J, Cipollini G, Grimm R, Kilian N, Zink A (2023) Microscopic Evidence of Malaria Infection in Visceral Tissue from Medici Family, Italy. Emerging Infectious Diseases 29, 6, https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2906.230134

Wang K, Prüfer K, Krause-Kyora B, Childebayeva A, Schuenemann VJ, Coia V, Maixner F, Zink A, Schiffels S, Krause J (2023) High-coverage genome of the Tyrolean Iceman reveals unusually high Anatolian farmer ancestry. Cell Genomics 3, 9, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xgen.2023.100377

Mester Z, Coqueugniot H, Tillier AM, Rosendahl W, Friedrich R, Zink A, Maixner F, Dutour O, Bereczki Z, Gasparik M, Pap I, Pálfi G (2023) First direct dating of the Late Neanderthal remains from Subalyuk Cave in Northern Hungary. Anthropologischer Anzeiger https://doi.org/10.1127/anthranz/2023/1716

Panzer S, Zesch S, Rosendahl W, Thompson RC, Zink A (2023) Postmortem changes in ancient Egyptian child mummies: Possible pitfalls on CT images. International Journal of Paleopathology 42, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpp.2023.07.005

Piombino-Mascali D, Jankauskas R, Zink A, Panzer S (2023) Atherosclerosis among the Elites: A Bioarchaeological Investigation of Seventeenth- to Nineteenth-Century Mummified Human Remains from Palermo, Sicily (Italy) and Vilnius (Lithuania). In: The Bioarchaeology of Cardiovascular Disease, https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108648561.009

Zink A, Wurst C, Maixner F, Wann S, Thompson RC, Thomas GS (2023) The Genetic Background of Atherosclerosis in Ancient Mummies. In: The Bioarchaeology of Cardiovascular Disease, https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108648561.009

Coia V, Paladin A, Zingale S, Croze M, Cavada E, Lösch S, Maixner F, Zink A (2022) Mitogenomic diversity and stable isotopes provide insights into the maternal genetic history, mobility patterns, and diet of early medieval individuals from the Eastern Italian Alps. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences 14, 233, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12520-022-01679-z

Wurst C, Maixner F, Castella V, Cipollini G, Hotz G, Zink A (2022). The Lady from Barfüsser Church – Molecular Confirmation of the Mummy’s Identity through Mitochondrial DNA of Living Relatives Spanning 22 Generations. Forensic Science International: Genetics 56: 102604

Jäger HY, Maixner F, Pap I, Szikossy I, Pálfi G, Zink AR. (2022) Metagenomic analysis reveals mixed Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in a 18th century Hungarian midwife. Tuberculosis (Edinb). Feb 19:102181

Laffranchi Z, Granados-Torres A, Lösch S, Zink A, Dori I, Delgado-Huertas A, Milella M. (2022 ) “Celts Up and Down the Alps”. Preliminary insights on mobility patterns in the pre-Roman/Celtic population from Verona (NE Italy, 3rd -1st c. BCE): a multi-isotopic approach. Am J Biol Anthropol: 1–17

Panzer S, Zesch S, Rosendahl W, Treitl M, Thompson R, Zink A (2022). Evidence of infectious disease and treatment in ancient Egyptian child mummies: CT-investigations in European museums, International Journal of Paleopathology 36:30-35

Maixner F, Mitterer C, Jäger HY, Sarhan MS, Luecker S, Piombino-Mascali D, Szikossy I, Molnar E, Pálfi G, Pap I, Cipollini G, Zink A. (2022) Linear polyacrylamide is highly efficient in precipitating and purifying environmental and ancient DNA. J Mol Bio Evol.13: 653-667

Jäger HY, Maixner F, Pap I, Szikossy I, Pálfi G, Zink AR. (2022) Metagenomic analysis reveals mixed Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in a 18th century Hungarian midwife. Tuberculosis (Edinb). Feb 19:102181

Panzer S, Schneider KO, Zesch S, Rosendahl W, Helmbold-Doyé-J, Thompson R, Zink A. (2022) Recovery lines in ancient Egyptian child mummies: CT-investigations in European museums. Int. J. Osteoarchaeol: 1-12.

Lösch S, Hower-Tilmann E, Zink A. (2022) Anthropologische Untersuchungen in der Nekropole der koptischen Klosteranlage Deir el-Bachît in Theben-West – Mumien und Skelette. In: I. Eichner/D. Polz (Hrsg.), Das Pauloskloster in den Bergen von Djeme. Eine Mönchsgemeinschaft am Rande der Wüste, Sonderschriften des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts Abteilung Kairo, Band 44, pp 129-147.

Maixner F, Sarhan MS, Wurst C, Zink A. (2021) Molekulargenetischer Nachweis von Infektionserregern. In: Hotz G, Opitz-Belakhal C (eds) Anna Catharina Bischoff. Die Mumie aus der Barfüsserkirche. Christoph Merian: Basel, pp 136-139.

Wurst C, Castella V, Cipollini G, Maixner F, Zink A. (2021) Molekulargenetische Überprüfung der historischen Identität von Anna Catharina Bischoff. In: Hotz G, Opitz-Belakhal C (eds) Anna Catharina Bischoff. Die Mumie aus der Barfüsserkirche. Christoph Merian: Basel, pp 116-121.

Wurst C, Maixner F, Zink A. (2021) Rekonstruktion des Aussehens – Molekulargenetische Hinweise zum physischen Erscheinungsbild. In: Hotz G, Opitz-Belakhal C (eds) Anna Catharina Bischoff. Die Mumie aus der Barfüsserkirche. Christoph Merian: Basel, 52-53.

Zink A. (2021) Paleogenetics and Mummies. In: Rodriguez-Martin C (ed). Proceedings of the “Extraordinary Congress on Mummy Studies: 25 years of advances in mummy research. In memoriam Arthur C. Aufderheide (1922-2013)”. Canarias Arqueológica 22:49-65.

Piombino-Mascali D, Zink A. On a giant shoulder’s: The Sicilian mummy exhibition of Arthur Aufderheide (1922-2013). Canarias Arqueológica 22:563-570.

Maixner F, Gresky J, Zink A. (2021). Ancient DNA analysis of rare genetic bone disorders. Int. J Paleopath. 33: 182–187

Schultz M, Weber M. Schmidt-Schultz TH, Dorn J, Zink A, Nerlich A. (2021) A possible case of Langerhans-cell histiocytosis? – Differential diagnosis in a rare case from the Late Antiquity of Bavaria (Germany). IJPP, 33: 270–279.

Zink A, Maixner F. (2021). Auch 30 Jahre später. Ötzi – noch immer ein Mann voller Rätsel. In: Reitmaier T. (ed) Gletscher-Archäologie Kulturerbe in Zeiten des Klimawandels. Archäologie in Deutschland Sonderheft, 21/2021, pp 14-21.

Tumler D, Paladin A, Zink A. (2021) Trauma patterns and injury prevalence in early medieval Säben-Sabiona, Italy. Int. J. Osteoarch, 1–13

Loufouma Mbouaka A, Gamble M, Wurst C, Jäger HY, Maixner F, Zink A, Noedl H, Binder M (2021). The Elusive Parasite: Comparing macroscopic, immunological, and genomic approaches to identifying malaria in human skeletal remains from Sayala, Egypt (3rd-6th centuries AD). Arch Anth Sci, 13:115.

Hollfelder N, Babiker H, Granehäll L, Schlebusch CM, Jakobsson M. (2021). The genetic variation of lactase persistence alleles in Sudan and South Sudan. Genome Biol. Evol. 13(5)

Schmidt M, Maixner F, Hotz G, Pap I, Szikossy I, Pálfi G, Zink A, Wagner W. (2021). DNA Methylation Profiling in mummified Human Remains from the Eighteenth-Century. Sci Rep., Sci Rep. 11:15493

Granehäll L, Huang KD, Tett A, Manghi P, Paladin A, O’Sullivan N, Rota-Stabelli O, Segata N, Zink A, Maixner F. (2021) Metagenomic analysis of ancient dental 1 calculus reveals unexplored diversity of 2 oral archaeal Methanobrevibacter. Microbiome 9:197.

Maixner F, Huang KD, Tett A, Schoenafinger A, Sarhan MS, Zingale S, Cemper-Kiesslich J, Rota-Stabelli O, Rattei T, Moritz RL, Oeggl K, Segata N, Zink A, Reschreiter H, Kowarik K. (2021) Molecular and microscopic analysis of human paleofeces from the salt mines in Hallstatt, Austria, provide precious insights into dietary habits and gut microbiome composition of miners from the Bronze Age to the Modern Times. Current Biology 31, 1–14

Zink A. Tutanchamuns Familiengeschichte. In: Katalog zur Tutanchamun Ausstellung, Mannheim. Semmel Concerts (Bayreuth)

Sarhan MS, Lehmkuhl A, Straub R, Tett A, Wieland G, Francken M, Zink A, Maixner F. (2021) Ancient DNA diffuses from bones to sediments – a proof of concept. iScience, 24(12):103397.

Váradi OA, Rakk D, Spekker O, Terhes G, Urbán E, Berthon W, Pap I, Szikossy I, Maixner F, Zink A, Vágvölgyi C, Donoghue HD, Minnikin DE, Szekeres A, Pálfi G. (2021). Verification of tuberculosis infection among Vác mummies (18th century CE, Hungary) based on lipid biomarker profiling with a new HPLC-HESI-MS approach. Tuberculosis (Edinb). 126:102037

Panzer S, Augat P, Sprenger M, Zesch S, Rosendahl W, Sutherland ML, Thompson RC, Paladin A, Zink AR. (2021) Correlation of atherosclerosis and osteoarthritis in Ancient Egypt: A standardized evaluation of 45 whole-body CT examinations. Int. J Paleopath. 33: 137–145

Rösing FW, Rühli FJ, Zink A, Nägele A. (2021). Editorial. Homo 72(4):261

Teẞmann B, Winkelmann A, Wurst C, Maixner F, Zink A. (2020). Multidisziplinäre Untersuchung einer australischen Mumie aus den Beständen der Berliner Gesellschaft für Anthropologie, Ethnologie und Urgeschichte (BGAEU). Mitt BGAEU, Bd. 41, S. 119–128

Zink A. (2020). Der Mann aus dem Eis – neue wissenschaftliche Erkenntnisse über die Gletschermumie Ötzi. Biologie in Unserer Zeit 50(6), 406-413. DOI:10.1002/biuz.202010719

Váradi O. A., Szikossy I, Spekker O., Rakk D., Terhes G., Urbán E., Berthon W., Pap I., Maixner F., Zink A., Vágvölgyi C., Donoghue H.D., Minnikin D. E., Pálfi G., Szekeres A (2020). Lipid biomarker based verification of TB infection in mother’s and daughter’s mummified human remains (Vác Mummy Collection, 18th century, CE, Hungary). Acta Biologica Szegediensis 64(2):99-110

Zesch S, Gander M, Loth M, Panzer S, Sutherland ML, Allam AH, Badr I, Thomas GS, Wetzig S, Zink A, Rosendahl W. (2020). Decorated bodies for eternal life: A multidisciplinary study of late Roman Period stucco-shrouded portrait mummies from Saqqara (Egypt). PLoS One 15(11):e02409

Zink A. (2020). Ötzi, the Iceman – lessons from modern mummy research. In: Francken, M. & Harvati, K. (Hrsg.) Facetten der Osteologie. Tuebingen Paleoanthropology Book Series – Contributions in Paleoanthropology Vol. 1, Tübingen University Press, Tübingen

Gad YZ, Ismail S, Fathalla D, Khairat R, Fares S, Gad AZ, Saad R, Moustafa A, ElShahat E, Abu Mandil NH, Fateen M, Elleithy H, Wasef S, Zink A, Hawass Z, Pusch CM. (2020). Maternal and paternal lineages in King Tutankhamun’s family. In Kamrin, J., Bárta, M., Ikram, S., Lehner, M., Megahed, M., (eds.) Guardian of Ancient Egypt: Essays in Honor of Zahi Hawass, Czech Institute of Egyptology, Faculty of Arts, Charles University, Prague, pp. 497-518.

Rott A, Haberstroh J, Harbeck M, von Heyking K, Lobinger C, Päffgen B, Scholz U, Schreil F, Sebrich J, Stadler P, Turner N, Zink A. (2020). Genetischer Nachweis einer verwandtschaftlich bedingten Reihenbelegung im frühmittelalterlichen Gräberfeld von Sindelsdorf. In: Bericht der Bayerischen Bodendenkmalpflege 61, pp 441-456.

Zink A. (2020). Der Mann aus dem Eis – neue wissenschaftliche Erkenntnisse über die Gletschermumie Ötzi. Biologie in Unserer Zeit 50(6), 406-413. DOI:10.1002/biuz.202010719

Wurst C, Paladin A, Wann LS, Frohlich B, Fritsch KO, Rowan CJ, Sutherland ML, Sutherland JD, Michalik D, Allam AH, Zesch S, Rosendahl W, Seyfried F, Thompson RC, Thomas GS, Zink A. (2020). Minimally-Invasive Bone Biopsies of Fully Wrapped Mummies Guided by Computed Tomography and Fibre-Optic Endoscopy: Suggested Methods and Guidelines. Journal of Archaeological Sciences Reports, 31: 102363. DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2020.102363

Paladin A, Moghaddam N, Stawinoga AE,Siebke IKE, Depellegrin V, Tecchiati U, Lösch S, Zink A. (2020). Early Medieval Italian Alps: Reconstructing Diet and Mobility in the Valleys. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences 12: 82. DOI: 10.1007/s12520-019-00982-6

Panzer S, Pernter P, Heindl LM, Zink A. (2020). Reply – Re: The Eyes of Oetzi: The Tyrolean Iceman Mummy. Ophthalmology 27:e5. DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2019.08.032

Maixner F, Thorell K, Granehäll L, Moodley Y, Rattei T, Engstrand L, Zink A. (2019). Helicobacter pylori in ancient human remains. World Journal of Gastroenterology, 25(42): 6289. DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v25.i42.6289

Tett A., Huang K. D., Asnicar F., Fehlner-Peach H., Pasolli E., Karcher N., Armanini F., Manghi P., Bonham K., Zolfo M., De Filippis F., Magnabosco C., Bonneau R., Lusingu R., Amuasi J., Reinhard K., Rattei T., Boulund F., Engstrand L., Zink A., Collado M. C., Littman D. R., Eibach D., Ercolini D., Rota-Stabelli O., Huttenhower C., Maixner F., Segata N. (2019). The Prevotella copri complex comprises four distinct clades that are underrepresented in Westernised populations. Cell, Host & Microbe 26:666-679.e7. DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2019.08.018

Zink A., Maixner F. (2019). The current situation of the Tyrolean Iceman – A Mini-Review. Gerontology, 65:699-706. DOI: 10.1159/000501878

Samadelli M., Gregori G., Maixner F., Rossani M., del Vesco P., Borla M., Paladin A., Wurst C., Sterflinger-Gleixner K., Voitl C., Cibin M., Horus Group, Thomas G. S., Frohlich B., Thompson R. C., Zink A. (2019). A first assessment of the conservation status of the mummified human remains in the ME – Egyptian Museum in Turin as part of the “Mummy Conservation Project”. Rivista del Museo Egizio 3. DOI: 10.29353/rime.2019.2765

Tumler D, Paladin A, Zink A. (2019). Perimortem sharp force trauma in an individual from the early medieval cemetery of Säben-Sabiona in South Tyrol, Italy. International Journal of Paleopathology 27:46-55. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpp.2019.07.005

Heindl LM, Pernter P, Zink AR, Panzer S. (2019). The Eyes of Oetzi: The Tyrolean Iceman Mummy. Ophthalmology 126:530. DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2019.01.010

Zink A, Samadelli M, Gostner P, Piombino-Mascali D. (2019). Possible evidence for care and treatment in the Tyrolean Iceman. International Journal of Paleopathology 25:110-117. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpp.2018.07.006

Samadelli M, Zink AR, Roselli G, Gabrielli S, Tabandeh S, Fernicola VC. (2019). Development of passive controlled atmosphere display cases for the conservation of cultural assets. Journal of Cultural Heritage 35: 145-153. DOI: 10.1016/j.culher.2018.05.005

Neparáczki E, Maróti Z, Kalmár T, Kocsy K, Maár K, Bihari P, Nagy I, Fóthi E, Pap I, Kustár Á, Pálfi G, Raskó I, Zink A, Török T. (2018) Mitogenomic data indicate admixture components of Central-Inner Asian and Srubnaya origin in the conquering Hungarians. PLoS One 13:e0205920. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0205920

Paladin A, Wahl J, Zink A. (2018). Evidence of probable subadult scurvy in the Early Medieval cemetery of Castel Tirolo, South Tyrol, Italy. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 28:714-726. DOI: 10.1002/oa.2694

O’Sullivan N, Posth C, Coia V, Schuenemann VJ, Price TD, Wahl J, Pinhasi R, Zink A, Krause J, Maixner F. (2018). Ancient genome-wide analyses infer kinship structure in an Early Medieval Alemannic graveyard. Science Advances 4: eaao1262. DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aao1262

Maixner F, Turaev D, Cazenave-Gassiot A, Janko M, Krause-Kyora B, Hoopmann MR, Kusebauch U, Sartain M, Guerriero G, O’Sullivan N, Teasdale M, Cipollini G, Paladin A, Mattiangeli V, Samadelli M, Tecchiati U, Putzer A, Palazoglu M, Meissen J, Lösch S, Rausch P, Baines JF, Kim BJ, An HJ, Gostner P, Egarter-Vigl E, Malfertheiner P, Keller A, Stark RW, Wenk M, Bishop D, Bradley DG, Fiehn O, Engstrand L, Moritz RL, Doble P, Franke A, Nebel A, Oeggl K, Rattei T, Grimm R, Zink A. (2018). The Iceman´s last meal consisted of fat, wild meat and cereals. Current Biology 28:1-8. DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2018.05.067

Lee E-J, Maixner F, Zink A. (2018). The comparative study of two extraction methods for ancient DNA: silica suspension method and ultracentrifugal concentrator method. Analytical Science & Technology 31:65-70. DOI: 10.5806/AST.2018.31.2.65 (Korean).

Panzer S, Thompson RC, Hergan K, Zink AR, Piombino-Mascali D. (2018). Evidence of aortic dissection and Marfan syndrome in a mummy from the Capuchin Catacombs of Palermo, Sicily. International Journal of Paleopathology 22:78-85. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpp.2018.05.002

Marques C, Matos V, Costa T, Zink A, Cunha E. (2018). Absence of evidence or evidence of absence? A discussion on paleoepidemiology of neoplasms with contributions from two Portuguese human skeletal reference collections (19th-20th century). International Journal of Paleopathology 21:83-95. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpp.2017.03.005

Panzer S, Augat P, Zink AR, Piombino-Mascali D. (2018) CT checklist and scoring system for the assessment of soft tissue preservation in human mummies: application to catacomb mummies from Palermo, Sicily. International Journal of Paleopathology 20:50-59. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpp.2018.01.003

Panzer S, Pernter P, Piombino-Mascali D, Jankauskas R, Zesch S, Rosendahl W, Hotz G, Zink AR. (2017) Checklist and Scoring System for the Assessment of Soft Tissue Preservation in CT Examinations of Human Mummies: Application to the Tyrolean Iceman. Röfo 189:1152-1160.

Alterauge A, Kellinghaus M, Jackowski C, Shved N, Rühli F, Maixner F, Zink A, Rosendahl W, Lösch S. (2017). The Sommersdorf mummies-An interdisciplinary investigation on human remains from a 17th-19th century aristocratic crypt in southern Germany. PLoS One 12(8):e0183588. 10.1371/journal.pone.0183588

Keller A, Kreis S, Leidinger P, Maixner F, Ludwig N, Backes C, Galata V, Guerriero G, Fehlmann T, Franke A, Meder B, Zink A, Meese E (2017). miRNAs in Ancient Tissue Specimens of the Tyrolean Iceman. Mol Biol Evol. 34:793-801. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msw291

Neparáczki E, Juhász Z, Pamjav H, Fehér T, Csányi B, Zink A, Maixner F, Pálfi G, Molnár E, Pap I, Kustár Á, Révész L, Raskó I, Török T. (2017). Genetic structure of the early Hungarian conquerors inferred from mtDNA haplotypes and Y-chromosome haplogroups in a small cemetery. Mol Genet Genomics. 292:201-214.DOI: 10.1007/s00438-016-1267

Piombino-Mascali D, Zink A, Panzer S. (2017). Paleopathology in the Piraino mummies as illustrated by X-rays. Anthropol Sci 125: 25–33.

O’Sullivan NJ, Teasdale MD, Mattiangeli V, Maixner F, Pinhasi R, Bradley DG, Zink A. (2016) A whole mitochondria analysis of the Tyrolean Iceman’s leather provides insights into the animal sources of Copper Age clothing. Sci Rep.18;6:31279. DOI: 10.1038/srep31279

Cooper C, Fellner R, Heubi O, Maixner F, Zink A, Lösch S. (2016). Tuberculosis in early medieval Switzerland – osteological and molecular evidence. Swiss Med Wkly 46:w14269. DOI: 10.4414/smw.2016.14269

Coia V, Cipollini G, Anagnostou P, Maixner F, Battaggia C, Brisighelli F, Gómez-Carballa A, Destro Bisol G, Salas A, Zink A. (2016). Whole mitochondrial DNA sequencing in Alpine populations and the genetic history of the Neolithic Tyrolean Iceman. Scientific Reports 14;6:18932. DOI: 10.1038/srep18932

Maixner F, Krause-Kyora B, Turaev D, Herbig A, Hoopmann MR, Hallows JL, Kusebauch U, Vigl EE, Malfertheiner P, Megraud F, O’Sullivan N, Cipollini G, Coia V, Samadelli M, Engstrand L, Linz B, Moritz RL, Grimm R, Krause J, Nebel A, Moodley Y, Rattei T, Zink A. (2016). The 5300-year-old Helicobacter pylori genome of the Iceman. Science 351(6269):162-5. DOI: 10.1126/science.aad2545

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