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ArticleScientific reports2020

Interpreting ancient food practices: stable isotope and molecular analyses of visible and absorbed residues from a year-long cooking experiment.

Melanie J Miller, Helen L Whelton, Jillian A Swift, Sophia Maline, Simon Hammann, Lucy J E Cramp, Alexandra McCleary, Geoffrey Taylor, Kirsten Vacca, Fanya Becks and 2 more

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Article in Scientific reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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12 authors.

Melanie J MillerDepartment of Anatomy, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. melanie.miller@otago.ac.nz.
Helen L WheltonOrganic Geochemistry Unit, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK. helen.whelton@bristol.ac.uk.
Jillian A SwiftBernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu, HI, USA. jillian.swift@bishopmuseum.org.
Sophia MalineGould School of Law, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA.
Simon HammannOrganic Geochemistry Unit, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
Lucy J E CrampDepartment of Anthropology and Archaeology, School of Arts, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
Alexandra McClearyArchaeological Research Facility, University of California, Berkeley, USA.
Geoffrey TaylorArchaeological Research Facility, University of California, Berkeley, USA.
Kirsten VaccaSocial Sciences Division, University of Hawai'i - West O'ahu, Kapolei, HI, USA.
Fanya BecksUnaffiliated, Santa Barbara, CA, USA.
Richard P EvershedOrganic Geochemistry Unit, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
Christine A HastorfArchaeological Research Facility, University of California, Berkeley, USA.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chemical analyses of carbonized and absorbed organic residues from archaeological ceramic cooking vessels can provide a unique window into the culinary cultures of ancient people, resource use, and environmental effects by identifying ingredients used in ancient meals. However, it remains uncertain whether recovered organic residues represent only the final foodstuffs prepared or are the accumulation of various cooking events within the same vessel. To assess this, we cooked seven mixtures of C

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ArchaeologyCarbon RadioisotopesCookingFood AnalysisHumansLipidsNitrogen RadioisotopesTime FactorsCarbon RadioisotopesLipidsNitrogen Radioisotopes

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PMCPMC7452889

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