SPAAM-workshop/AncientMetagenomeDir: v20.09.1: Ancient Ksour of Ouadane

This is the first point release of AncientMetagenomeDir!

• Fixes missing table in ZIP file

Release Description First major release of AncientMetagenomeDir of Host associated meta- and single-genomes samples older than 1950.

Release v20.09 includes 87 publications since 2011, representing 443 ancient host-associated metagenome samples, 269 ancient microbial genomes and 312 sediment samples and spans 49 countries.

Ancient Ksour of Ouadane, Chinguetti, Tichitt and Oualata Founded in the 11th and 12th centuries to serve the caravans crossing the Sahara, these trading and religious centres became focal points of Islamic culture. They have managed to preserve an urban fabric that evolved between the 12th and 16th centuries. Typically, houses with patios crowd along narrow streets around a mosque with a square minaret. They illustrate a traditional way of life centred on the nomadic culture of the people of the western Sahara. Description is available under license CC-BY-SA IGO 3.0 from https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/750/