Morpho-chemical characterization of individual ancient starches retrieved on ground stone tools from Palaeolithic sites in the Pontic steppe by Birarda, G., Badetti, E., Cagnato, C., Sorrentino, G., Pantyukhina, I., Stani, C., Zilio, S. Dal, Khlopachev, G., Covalenco, S., Obadǎ, T., Skakun, N., Sinitsyn, A., Terekhina, V., Marcomini, A., Lubritto, C., Cefarin, N., Vaccari, L., Longo, Laura

“…We obtained evidence of aging and biomineralization in the use-related starches from Palaeolithic sites, providing a methodology to establish their ancient origin, assess their preservation status, and attempt their identification. …”
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Stony Traces: The Acqui Terme Territory between Paleolithic and Bronze Age (Tracce di pietra: Cenni inerenti all'Acquese tra il Paleolitico e l'età del Bronzo) by Perono Cacciafoco, Francesco

“…The work contains all the paleo-anthropological and archaeological evidence related to the spread of human settlements and to the population dynamics in the territory of Acqui Terme (AL - Italy) between the Palaeolithic and the Bronze Age, by analyzing the issue also through the results of the research based on mitochondrial DNA. …”
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Coupling the beams: how controlled extraction methods and FTIR-spectroscopy, OM and SEM reveal the grinding of starchy plants in the Pontic steppe 36,000 years ago by Longo, Laura, Birarda, G., Cagnato, C., Badetti, E., Covalenco, S., Pantyukhina, I., Skakun, N., Vaccari, L., Terekhina, V., Sorrentino, G.

“…A selection of five ground stones from Pontic Steppe sites dating back to the Early Upper Palaeolithic (EUP) was used as test-cases to be analysed by combining wear-traces and use-related biogenic residues (U-RBR). …”
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