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Stone cooking tool residue sheds light on ancient food
Stone cooking tool residue sheds light on ancient food Researchers at the Natural History Museum of Utah are using new techniques to extract microscopic plant residues from ancient stone kitchens, known as bedrock metates, to learn more about the people who used them. The team, led by archaeobotanist Stefania Wilks, is specifically focusing on starch […]
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Stone cooking tool residue shed lights on ancient food
Stone cooking tool residue shed lights on ancient food Researchers at the Natural History Museum of Utah are using new techniques to extract microscopic plant residues from ancient stone kitchens, known as bedrock metates, to learn more about the people who used them. The team, led by archaeobotanist Stefania Wilks, is specifically focusing on starch […]
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How an unexpected observation, a 10th-century recipe and an explorer’s encounter with a cabbage thief upend what we know about collard greens’ journey to the American South
How an unexpected observation, a 10th-century recipe and an explorer’s encounter with a cabbage thief upend what we know about collard greens’ journey to the American South Collard greens − a staple of diets across the African diaspora. Bronwen Powell/Abderrahim Ouarghidi, CC BY For generations, collard greens have formed an important part of African and […]
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