Coprolites are a highly informative but still underutilized proxy for understanding past
environments, palaeodiets, and ancient human health. Here we provide a critical review of …

A key question in archaeobotany concerns the role of herbivore dung in contributing plant
remains to archaeobotanical assemblages. This issue has been discussed for at least 40 …

Phytoliths, microscopic plant silica bodies, are often preserved in modern and fossil soils
and sediment, as well as in archaeological contexts. They record unique characteristics of …

Steroids are used as faecal markers in environmental and in archaeological studies,
because they provide insights into ancient agricultural practices and the former presence of …

Two limestone monoliths, interpreted as altars, were found in the Judahite shrine at Tel
Arad. Unidentified dark material preserved on their upper surfaces was submitted for organic …

Abstract The Early Pleistocene archeological site of Fuente Nueva-3 (FN3) preserves some
of the oldest evidence of hominin presence in Western Europe, including a huge …

In the early 1980s Naomi Miller changed the field of palaeoethnobotany; her research into
whether the ancient seed eaters of southwest Asia were human or herbivore opened an …

Excavations at Abu Hureyra, Syria, during the 1970s exposed a long sequence of
occupation spanning the transition from hunting-and-gathering to agriculture. Dung …

Abstract Knowledge concerning the diversity of parasitism and its reach across our current
understanding of the tree of life has benefitted considerably from novel molecular …

Spores from coprophilous fungi are some of the most widely used non-pollen palynomorphs.
Over the last decades, these spores have become increasingly important as a proxy to study …