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Stone Fruit Identification in Archaeological Contexts (Part 1)

Stone Fruit Identification in Archaeological Contexts (Part 1)

By Aubree Marshall and Benjamin Akey Sometimes, when archaeologists are lucky, we run into botanical remains. In my personal research, I look at microbotanicals (like pollen, starches, and phytoliths) from dental calculus (the stuff your dental hygienist scrapes off of your teeth!) to understand diet.