Immunological Identification of Small-Mammal Proteins on Aboriginal Milling Equipment
- 1 October 1991
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in American Antiquity
- Vol. 56 (4) , 659-666
- https://doi.org/10.2307/281543
Abstract
Ethnographic accounts of animal pulverization using stone grinding implements have led archaeologists to believe that this same behavior took place in the past. This important subsistence activity can now be confirmed through the immunological analysis of archaeological materials. Small-mammal blood-protein residue has been identified immunologically for the first time on milling equipment from two archaeological sites in southern California. Immunoprotein trace analysis has the potential for a wide range of applications in the study of prehistory.Keywords
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