Over several millennia, various native plant species in South America have been used for
their healing and psychoactive properties. Chemical analysis of archaeological artifacts …

The Archaeology of Human Bones provides an up to date account of the analysis of human
skeletal remains from archaeological sites, introducing students to the anatomy of bones …

Human hair dated to Late Prehistory is exceedingly rare in the Western Mediterranean.
Archaeological excavations in the Bronze Age burial and cult cave of Es Càrritx, in Menorca …

Chemical analysis of residues contained in the matrix of stone smoking pipes reveal a
substantial direct biomolecular record of ancient tobacco (Nicotiana) smoking practices in …

A multidisciplinary approach, combining stable isotope analysis from bone proteins and
investigations on dental calculus using DNA analysis, light microscopy, and gas …

Dental calculus is an excellent source of information on the dietary patterns of past
populations, including consumption of plant-based items. The detection of plant-derived …

Nicotine is a significant evaluation index of tobacco and its related products' quality, but
nicotine overdose can pose serious health hazards and cause addiction and dependence …

For prospective investigation of drugs and metabolites in archaeological and contemporary
dental calculus, a sensitive, broadly applicable ultra-high-performance liquid …

The recovery of macro-and microbotanicals, along with the study of chemical residues,
allows us to shed light on a number of anthropological issues concerning ancient …

Objectives We conducted a systematic macroscopic and microscopic examination of
occlusal and para‐occlusal wear in a large dental sample (n= 3,014) from 217 individuals …