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SUBMITTER: D'Agostino A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7590007 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Plants (Basel, Switzerland) 20201020 10
Plant records reveal remarkable evidence about past environments and human cultures. Exploiting dental calculus analysis and using a combined approach of microscopy and gas chromatography mass spectrometry, our research outlines dietary ecology and phytomedicinal practices of the ancient community of Motya (Sicily, eight to sixth century BC), one of the most important Phoenician settlements in the Mediterranean basin. Micro-remains suggest use or consumption of Triticeae cereals, and animal-deri ...[more]