The analysis of ancient proteins from paleontological, archeological, and historic materials is
revealing insights into past subsistence practices, patterns of health and disease, evolution …

Palaeoproteomics is an emerging neologism used to describe the application of mass
spectrometry-based approaches to the study of ancient proteomes. As with palaeogenomics …

The analysis of lipids (fats, oils and waxes) absorbed within archaeological pottery has
revolutionized the study of past diets and culinary practices. However, this technique can …

Archaeological dental calculus has emerged as a rich source of ancient biomolecules,
including proteins. Previous analyses of proteins extracted from ancient dental calculus …

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

The introduction of pottery vessels to Europe has long been seen as closely linked with the
spread of agriculture and pastoralism from the Near East. The adoption of pottery technology …

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

Contamination is a potential problem in the study of ancient proteins, either from prior
handling of the sample, laboratory consumables, or cross-sample carryover from mass …

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 …