“…The DNA result of olive and oregano from the 4th century B.C. Chian amphora from that wreck is noteworthy, as Chian jars are assumed to have carried wine (Boardman, 1963;Boulter, 1953;Demesticha, 2011;Maniatis et al, 1984;Zimmerman Munn, 2003). These initial successes and the questions they raised prompted us to undertake further investigations of ancient DNA in amphoras.…”