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contamination. His research has had a significant impact on our understanding of human activity in the past, opening new avenues for the identification of plant and animal exploitation in the past. These methods have contributed to our understanding of the origins of dairying, and provided evidence for the earliest use of beeswax, for example. Other areas his research has focused on includes stable isotope applications for studying ancient diet and agriculture, the study of marker compounds in ancient soils, and the analysis of ancient tars, resins and embalming agents. His palaeontological research has applied a similar approach to fossils, to develop a better understanding of the processes involved in the
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He pioneered several methodologies to analyse archaeological materials and provide ‘chemical fingerprints’, for example the method of lipid residue analysis in archaeological pottery. He has also developed techniques for comparing and distinguishing between food signatures and possible environmental
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Winther; Allentoft, Morten E.; de Barros Damgaard, Peter; Gutenbrunner, Petra; Dunne, Julie; Hammann, Simon; Roffet-Salque, Mélanie; Ilardo, Melissa; Moreno-Mayar, J. Víctor; Wang, Yucheng; Sikora, Martin; Vinner,
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Styring, A, Sealy, J & Evershed, R, 2010, "Resolving the bulk δ15N values of ancient human and animal bone collagen via compound-specific nitrogen isotope analysis of constituent amino acids".
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