The missing mushrooms: searching for fungi in ancient human dietary analysis

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The missing mushrooms: searching for fungi in ancient human dietary analysis

Fungi are a common part of modern human diets, but are rarely discussed in an archaeological context. Power et al. (2015) published data on bolete spores in human tooth calculus, suggesting that Upper Palaeolithic peoples ate mushrooms. Here we briefly consider the likelihood of mushroom consumption...

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Main Authors:	O'Regan, Hannah J., Lamb, Angela L., Wilkinson, David M.
Format:	Article
Published:	Elsevier 2016
Subjects:	Diet; Fungus; Carbon; Nitrogen; Sulphur; Stable isotope; Protein
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/37430/

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