Morpho-chemical characterization of individual ancient starches retrieved on ground stone tools from Palaeolithic sites in the Pontic steppe

• Main Authors: Birarda, G., Badetti, E., Cagnato, C., Sorrentino, G., Pantyukhina, I., Stani, C., Zilio, S. Dal, Khlopachev, G., Covalenco, S., Obadǎ, T., Skakun, N., Sinitsyn, A., Terekhina, V., Marcomini, A., Lubritto, C., Cefarin, N., Vaccari, L., Longo, Laura
• Other Authors: School of Art, Design and Media
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2024
• Subjects: Other; Archaeology; Starch
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/173775
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Despite the extensive literature on the retrieval of digestible starches from archaeological contexts, there are still significant concerns regarding their genuine origin and durability. Here, we propose a multi-analytical strategy to identify the authenticity of ancient starches retrieved from macr...