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An archaeo-metabolomics approach for identifying cedar tar in archaeological samples: differentiating plant products and production processes

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By Barbara Huber, Daniel Giddings Vassão, Lindsay Mas-Normand, Elizabeth Roche, Sylvain Burri, Martine Regert, Ricardo A. Fernandes, John A. Pickett, Gérald Culioli, Thibaut Deviese, Océane Pollet, Sahar B. Kandil, Dennis Graen, Lou Spanneut, Céline Joliot, Aline Durand
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Abstract The human ability to create manufactured substances is not a modern innovation. It began in the Middle Palaeolithic with the production of birch tar through dry distillation, a process of heating bark under low-oxygen conditions. Over time, this technological knowledge extended to other materials and purposes. Among these, cedar products became especially significant, valued in medicine, technology, cosmetics, and mummification.
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Metabolic profiling reveals first evidence of fumigating drug plant Peganum harmala in Iron Age Arabia - Communications Biology

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By Barbara Huber, Daniel Giddings Vassão, Marta Luciani
| Nature Verified
Abstract The utilization of medicinal and psychoactive plants in the past represents a pivotal intersection of culture, health, and biodiversity. While such plants in Arabia have been known from classical and medieval textual records, this study provides material evidence of the use of one such plant for fumigation already in the Iron Age.
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Archaeological and molecular evidence for ancient chickens in Central Asia - Nature Communications

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By Carli J. Peters, Shevan Wilkin, Michael Frachetti, Taylor Hermes, Barbara Huber, Nicole Boivin, Madelynn von Baeyer, Pavel Lurje
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Abstract The origins and dispersal of the chicken across the ancient world remains one of the most enigmatic questions regarding Eurasian domesticated animals. The lack of agreement concerning timing and centers of origin is due to issues with morphological identifications, a lack of direct dating, and poor preservation of thin, brittle bird bones.
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