Ancient Organic Residues as Cultural and Environmental Proxies: The Value of Legacy Objects

Often treated as an accessory science, organic residue analysis (ORA) has the capacity to illuminate otherwise hidden aspects of ancient technology, culture, and economy, and therein can play a central role in archaeological inquiry. Through ORA, both the intact vessel freshly excavated from a tomb...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Birney, Kathleen J., Koh, Andrew J
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Materials Science and Engineering
Format: Article
Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) 2019
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/120617
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7618-7030

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