subsistence

Science Notes: Using incremental strontium isotope analysis to recreate subsistence ranges

Strontium isotope analysis has become a standard in mobility research, featuring in many post-excavation analyses of human and animal remains. While ‘typical’ strontium analysis is able to tell us much about movement in the past, new techniques are being applied…

Above Analysis of cut marks on the bones of straight tusked elephants suggests that Neanderthals were hunting these giant animals. right Professor Sabine Gaudzinski Windheuser, one of the authors of the new paper on the Neumark Nord assemblage, standing next to a life size model of an adult male straight tusked elephant.

Analysis of elephant bones shines light on Neanderthal diets

The assemblage of more than 3,000 elephant bones was discovered in 125,000-year-old lake deposits at the site of Neumark-Nord, in central Germany.

Underwater excavations shine light on Maya salt production

With workers living on site, and indoor salt kitchens, Ta’ab Nuk Na could produce salt year-round.