We review the scientific efforts over the last decades to reconstruct erosion from continuous
alpine lake sediment records. We focused both on methodological issues, showing the …

NMR spectroscopy of oriented samples makes accessible residual anisotropic
intramolecular NMR interactions, such as chemical shift anisotropy (RCSA), dipolar coupling …

Organic residue analysis utilizes analytical organic chemical techniques to identify the
nature and origins of organic remains that cannot be characterized using traditional …

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 …

To reconstruct past environmental changes, a range of indirect or proxy approaches can be
applied to Quaternary archives. Here, we review the complementary and novel insights that …

Broomcorn millet (Panicum miliaceum L.) was first domesticated in China and dispersed
westward via Central Asia in the 3rd millennium BC, reaching Europe in the 2nd millennium …

The term “millets” is used to identify several genera of grasses (Poaceae), most of which
belong to the subfamily Panicoideae. Millets are one of the major food sources in arid and …

The observation that the hydrogen isotope composition (δD) of leaf wax lipids is determined
mainly by precipitation δD values, has resulted in the application of these biomarkers to …

Molecular biomarkers are becoming increasingly important tools in paleoenvironmental
research, and over recent years have been shown to be useful indicators of human …

Abstract Using sedimentary miliacin (olean-18-en-3β-ol methyl ether) as a molecular tracer
of the history of Panicum miliaceum (broomcorn millet) cultivation depends upon broomcorn …