3/ Their diet consisted of terrestrial cereals and animal products, with a relevant portion of the diet being in the form of aquatic protein (possibly eels and salmon). The evidence also shows that from around the year three onwards, children had the same diets as adults.

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2/ This work answers the first of these factors, and investigates the Ballyhanna population, specifically what these people ate. Through the use of dental pathology and stable isotope analysis, the authors were able to identify that the population was reliant on a mixed subsistence diet.

3/ The authors also showcased the ability to take 2D drawings of the shipwreck site and transform them into 3D models utilizing Rhino software. Overall, this work shows the advancements of documenting shipwrecks in more accessible forms for the public.

2/ Among the wreckage, archaeologists discovered ship timbers, which have since been kept in wet storage at the National Museum of Bermuda. Based on the documented 13% of the ship, the vessel was estimated to be a total length of around 19.7 meters.

3/ The structure was also able to be radiocarbon dated to between the 8th and 5th centuries BC. With this date in mind, the structure can be attributed to or at least influenced by the emergence of late-Neolithic clans of the Tibetan plateau.

2/ The X-shaped structure was erected on top of the bottom most burn layer, yet the authors are only able to speculate as to its nature. Despite this, it is theorized that the site may have been important for rituals involving channeling wind to ward off demons and/or spirits.

3/ By using stable isotope and ancient DNA analysis, it is shown that the turkey was not domesticated in one singular place, but instead in many areas, and from many different subspecies of wild turkey.

2/ Within this 2018 work, the authors seek to understand where the Mesoamerican turkey was originally domesticated, and from which species of wild turkey. 🦃🦃🦃

3/ The researchers also compare the building styles of stone walls and other architectural artifacts to those of Great Zimbabwe. Overall, the work provides an intriguing insight into the archaeology of Iron Age Botswana.

2/ The site was extensively excavated and researched through multiple field seasons led by university experts from across Africa. The results show that, despite requiring more information, the site may be one of the earliest sites of farming in the region.

3/ Weismantel argues that the site should be seen through the lens that those who built it viewed it through, not the lens of a western/European cosmological framework. By walking the reader through the site in this new way, the author shows how a change in seeing breathes new life into a site.

2/ The site is chock full of iconography carved into stone monoliths which are described by the author as “something like life forms". This is how these monoliths would have been seen by the Chavín culture as well, as conscious actors to interact with.

The findings show that at least some of the maize from the Middle Grant Creek site was cultivated in soils consistent to the nearby wetlands, which may have been more easily accessible due to the cooler climate of the period of occupation.

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To determine whether Middle Grant Creek site (Northern Illinois/Oneota culture/late 16th-early 17th century) agriculture occurred in the wetlands or the prairie, the authors utilize stable isotope analysis of maize kernels and white oak charcoal excavated from archaeological contexts of the site.