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The Hidden History Baked Into a Cooking Pot – The New York Times
An experiment with unglazed clay pots hinted at how much archaeologists can learn about ancient cultures from cooking vessels.
Between meals, the researchers hand-washed their pots with water. If necessary, they also used a small branch from an apple tree as an additional scrubbing tool. We spent a long time thinking about how we could be as true to the past as we could, Dr. Swift said.
Throughout the experiment, the researchers collected samples from their pots for analysis. They gathered small chunks of charred food, scraped off bits of patina and drilled into the pots to collect absorbed fats. In laboratories at the…
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