Paleofecal Analysis (Other Keyword)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Jenna Battillo. Karen Lupo. Jaime Mata-Miguez. Rick W.A. Smith. Deborah A. Bolnick.

Over the last few decades archaeologists and paleontologists have made great strides in paleofecal analysis, not the least of which was the application of aDNA testing. However, most aDNA analyses of paleofeces have focused exclusively on studying human populations and researchers have largely ignored the potential for using this tool to study dietary constituents themselves. In this study, we present analyses of aDNA from both the faunal and floral dietary constituents of 20 Basketmaker II...