In a cultural heritage context, fatty acids are usually found as breakdown products of lipid-
containing organic remains in archaeological findings, binders in aged oil paintings, and …

The analysis of lipids and other biomolecules preserved in archaeological artefacts, using
chromatographic and mass spectrometric techniques, is a powerful approach, which has …

In the absence of any direct evidence, the relative importance of meat and dairy productions
to Neolithic prehistoric Mediterranean communities has been extensively debated. Here, we …

Pottery is one of the most commonly recovered artefacts from archaeological sites. Despite
more than a century of relative dating based on typology and seriation 1, accurate dating of …

Foodcrusts have received relatively little attention in the burgeoning field of proteomic
analysis of ancient cuisine. We remain ignorant of how cooking and burial impact protein …

The Archaeology of Food explains how archaeologists reconstruct what people ate, and
how such reconstructions reveal ancient political struggles, religious practices, ethnic …

The study of painted artworks using scientific methods is fundamental for understanding the
techniques used in their creation and their appropriate conservation. The ethical constraints …

Abstract Analysis of organic residues in pottery vessels has been successful in detecting a
range of animal and plant products as indicators of food preparation and consumption in the …

Since their domestication in the Mediterranean zone of Southwest Asia in the eighth
millennium BC, sheep, goats, pigs and cattle have been remarkably successful in colonizing …

The uptake of cereal agriculture in the Neolithic is one of the most important processes in
later human prehistory. However, in many parts of Europe, early evidence from pollen or …