Digging Up The Menu | Aurora Allshouse

The Harvard Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences recently shared a spotlight on Anthropology PhD candidate Aurora Allshouse, who is currently using scientific methods to answer archaeological questions about the deep human past. In this video, Allshouse explains how, through stable isotope analysis of exhumed human remains, she reconstructs the diets of individuals who lived thousands of years ago to better understand the influence of culture on different dietary patterns in the Greek Bronze Age.

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Credit to Harvard Griffin GSAS for this intriguing and well-done feature.