Reconstructing Prehistoric Diets of Desert People through Dental Calculus
In 2014 I was awarded a Mentoring Environment Grant by ORCA to examine microfossils embedded in the dental calculus (tartar) of individuals who were found during excavations in and around the site of Paquimé, which dates to the thirteenth century A.D. This ancient city is located in the Chihuahuan...
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ftbrighamyoung:oai:scholarsarchive.byu.edu:jur-1894 2024-04-21T08:09:56+00:00 Reconstructing Prehistoric Diets of Desert People through Dental Calculus Searcy, Michael T. 2016-03-17T07:00:00Z application/pdf https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2016/iss1/241 https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/context/jur/article/1894/viewcontent/auto_convert.pdf unknown BYU ScholarsArchive https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2016/iss1/241 https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/context/jur/article/1894/viewcontent/auto_convert.pdf Journal of Undergraduate Research reconstructing prehistoric diets desert people dental calculus Anthropology text 2016 ftbrighamyoung 2024-03-27T15:14:02Z In 2014 I was awarded a Mentoring Environment Grant by ORCA to examine microfossils embedded in the dental calculus (tartar) of individuals who were found during excavations in and around the site of Paquimé, which dates to the thirteenth century A.D. This ancient city is located in the Chihuahuan desert in modern-day Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, Mexico. Over the last two years, I have been able to involve students in the extraction, processing, publishing, and presentation of the results of this analysis. While the research is ongoing, preliminary results have positively identified several fascinating foods that were consumed by the ancient people of Paquimé. This research has already piqued the interest of many archaeologists working in the U.S. Southwest/northern Mexico and has significantly contributed to the training of at least two students. Text Orca Brigham Young University (BYU): ScholarsArchive |
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In 2014 I was awarded a Mentoring Environment Grant by ORCA to examine microfossils embedded in the dental calculus (tartar) of individuals who were found during excavations in and around the site of Paquimé, which dates to the thirteenth century A.D. This ancient city is located in the Chihuahuan desert in modern-day Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, Mexico. Over the last two years, I have been able to involve students in the extraction, processing, publishing, and presentation of the results of this analysis. While the research is ongoing, preliminary results have positively identified several fascinating foods that were consumed by the ancient people of Paquimé. This research has already piqued the interest of many archaeologists working in the U.S. Southwest/northern Mexico and has significantly contributed to the training of at least two students. |
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