Exploring the potential of TEM analysis for understanding cooking at prehistoric feasting sites

Abstract This study explores the utility of transmission electron microscopy (TEM) analysis of bone collagen for investigating prehistoric cooking. Approaches to cooking practices have relied principally on artefactual evidence, macroscopic bone modification, and organic residue analysis. However, d...

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Main Authors: Katie E. Faillace, M. George B. Foody, Richard Madgwick
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-08-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-70628-4