The drying of a drop of blood or plasma on a solid substrate leads to the formation of
interesting and complex patterns. Inter-and intra-cellular and macromolecular interactions in …

Modern sophisticated archeometric instruments are increasingly capable of detecting the
presence of psychoactive plant sources in archeological contexts, testifying the antiquity of …

Ancient human mobility at the individual level is conventionally studied by the diverse
application of suitable techniques (eg aDNA, radiogenic strontium isotopes, as well as …

Establishing the age at which prehistoric individuals move away from their childhood
residential location holds crucial information about the socio dynamics and mobility patterns …

Here we report the results of excavation and interdisciplinary study of the largest child and
camelid sacrifice known from the New World. Stratigraphy, associated artifacts, and …

Human hair dated to Late Prehistory is exceedingly rare in the Western Mediterranean.
Archaeological excavations in the Bronze Age burial and cult cave of Es Càrritx, in Menorca …

Sacrifice is one of the most common manifestations of human religious thought and
behavior, yet archaeology has only recently begun to devote significant attention to the …

Dental calculus has been shown to be a repository of a variety of exogenous organic
materials, including bacterial DNA, proteins, phytoliths, and starch grains. Here we show that …

Here we describe recent breakthroughs in our understanding of microbial life in dry volcanic
tephra (“soil”) that covers much of the surface area of the highest elevation volcanoes on …

Hallucinogenic plants and psychotropic stimulants performed an important role in the
beliefs, rituals and divination practices in the ancient Andes. The aim of this article is to …