Starch grain, phytolith and cereal bran fragments were analyzed in order to identify the food remains including cakes, dumplings, as well as porridge unearthed at the Astana Cemeteries in Turpan of Xinjiang, China. The results suggest that the cakes were made from Triticum aestivum while the dumplings were made from Triticum aestivum, along with Setaria italica. The ingredients of the porridge ...

This paper describes a novel archaeological resource--preserved epiphytes on the timber structure of vernacular buildings--used, to our knowledge, for the first time to quantify a loss of biodiversity between pre-industrial and post-industrial landscapes. By matching the confirmed occurrence of epiphyte species for the pre-industrial period, with a statistical likelihood for their absence in th...

The Middle and Late Bronze Ages of western Anatolia (modern Turkey) remains poorly understood in comparison with its Mycenaean Hittite neighbours, especially agricultural economies land use. Kaymakçı is the largest Age citadel excavated to date new archaeobotanical zooarchaeological data from site presented here shed light on regional Agricultural practices at focused barley bitter vetch farmin...

Within the project ‘Harvesting Memories: Ecology and Archaeology of Monti Sicani Landscapes’, this paper aims to reconstruct human–environment interactions in inland areas Western Sicily during Early Middle Ages through a comparative analysis environmental archaeological data. We analyse carpological anthracological finds faunal remains originating from different layers rural settlement Contrad...

ABSTRACT The Iron Age chronology at Arslantepe is the result of interpretation Luwian hieroglyphic inscriptions and archaeological data coming from site its surrounding region. A new round investigations levels has been conducted over last 10 years. Preliminary results allowed combination sequence with historical events that extended collapse Late Bronze empires to formation development kingdom...

Abstract We present a comprehensive data-based characterization of the subsistence economy Chalcolithic Cucuteni–Trypillia societies (CTS) on Moldovian and Suceava plateaus Podolian Dnieper uplands. This study is based quantitative evaluation archaeobotanical samples from 34 settlement sites, with focus Trypillia mega-sites stable isotopic analysis ancient crop residues. The allows us to identi...

Abstract The aim of this research is to investigate the efficiency combustion structures, fuels used, structure maintenance and range related domestic activities. An experimental programme was carried out in which replicas archaeological Iron Age structures were put work. Based on available archaeobotanical records, various fuel types (wood, grasses, palm leaves animal dung) used. Variables suc...