The missing mushrooms: searching for fungi in ancient human dietary analysis
(2016)
Journal Article
O'Regan, H. J., Lamb, A. L., & Wilkinson, D. M. (2016). The missing mushrooms: searching for fungi in ancient human dietary analysis. Journal of Archaeological Science, 75, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2016.09.009
Fungi are a common part of modern human diets, but are rarely discussed in an archaeological context. Power et al. (2015) published data on bolete spores in human tooth calculus, suggesting that Upper Palaeolithic peoples ate mushrooms. Here we brief... Read More about The missing mushrooms: searching for fungi in ancient human dietary analysis.