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Stephanie Chen -- JYI VPS entry

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Updated: 18 Oct 2010

Submission for the 2010 Journal of Young Investigators Virtual Poster Competition. "Reconstructing Montana Paleoecosystems using the Phytolith Fossil Record:...

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Earliest Evidence of Spices Used in Europe

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Plant silica, or 'phytolith' analysis has proven to be a valuable contribution to the study of prehistoric northern European culinary practices. Spices can reveal a lot about culture and history. Plant silica, or 'phytolith' analysis has proven to be a valuable contribution to the study of prehistoric northern European culinary practices. Traces of phytoliths, found inside pottery dated between 58 hundred and around 6 thousand years old revealed that ancient people in modern-day Denmark and Germany probably used garlic mustard to flavor their meat and fish. Due to a significant difference in the amount of phytoliths on the inside of the food vessels as opposed to what was found in the soot on the surface of the dig, it is apparent that the garlic mustard was indeed used for cooking. As the garlic mustard is not calorie dense and has little nutritional value, the researchers concluded this is the earliest physical sign of spices used to flavor cooking in ancient Europe. It has been difficult to present more ancient use of European seasoning as phytoliths can be undetectable when they are charred. Conventional belief has been that pre and early Neolithic plants were used mainly for energy rather than for seasoning food. This finding raises the question of whether the spicing resulted from a new practice of agriculture, or if it began in a hunter-gatherer society.

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Tribe Freerunning / Parkour Performance at Cisco Event

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On April 9-10, Amanda , Demon , Disciple , Frosti , M2 , Skipper , Skynative , and Tyson performed at the Cisco World Partner Summit in Honolulu, Hawaii. Her...

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Stone-Making Plants

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Real Science: Silicon is currently under consideration for elevation to the status of a "plant beneficial substance by the Association of American Plant Food...

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Bananas: "About Bananas" 1935 with music

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more at http://food.quickfound.net/ "Complete presentation of the banana industry from the clearing of the jungle and the planting to the shipment of the fru...

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Banana - Wiki Article

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Updated: 02 Aug 2013

A banana is an edible fruit produced by several kinds of large herbaceous flowering plants of the genus Musa. The fruit is variable in size, color and firmne...

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Bones - The Dentist in the Ditch

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When a human skeleton is discovered in the trenches of an old Civil War battleground, Brennan and Booth are called to the case. Despite the historical location, Brennan quickly identifies the bones as belonging to Dan Pinard, a present-day local dentist. While Booth investigates suspects, including the victim's former boyfriend, Hodgins and lab intern Vincent Nigel-Murray (guest star Cartwright) work doggedly to clean the bones of a stubborn clay residue which is preventing the team from determining a cause of death. Meanwhile, Booth's brother, Jared, (guest star Fehr) returns from his travels with some suprising news.

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The Lost Art of Stratigraphy: Part 7 - Recording a Sequence, Mike Smith

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Dr Mike Smith discusses how to record a sequence at a site. Starting with 'sitting in the trench and contemplating the section' he details how to interpret a...

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The Lost Art of Stratigraphy: Part 3 - Layers and Strata, Mike Smith

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Dr Mike Smith discusses sediments packaged as a layer - a depositional unit that may contain a mixture of different types of sediments. This video's topics i...

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This photo released by the Malacanang Photo Bureau shows an aerial view of Tacloban city, Leyte province in central Philippines Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013, after Typhoon Haiyan ravaged the region in the Philippines. Haiyan, one of the most powerful storms on record, slammed into several central Philippine islands on Friday, leaving a wide swath of destruction and hundreds of people dead.

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Philippine Typhoon death toll could reach 10,000

Sowetan Live

11 Nov 2013

-->. Regional police chief Elmer Soria said he was briefed by Leyte provincial Gov. Dominic Petilla late Saturday and told there were about 10,000 deaths in the province, mostly by drowning and from collapsed buildings. The governor's figure was based on reports from village officials in areas where Typhoon Haiyan slammed Friday. Tacloban city administrator Tecson Lim said that the death toll in the city alone "could go up to 10,000." ... ....(size: 8.9Kb)

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Survivors walk through the rubble of damaged homes and a ship that was washed ashore in Tacloban city, Leyte province, central Philippines on Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013, following Typhoon Haiyan.

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Typhoon Haiyan and Politics of Climatic Determinism

WorldNews.com

11 Nov 2013

Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. It was never really about whether humankind made history or if history made humankind. In the end, the debate about major determining factors in the realm of geopolitics should have been on the subject of how geo-climates determined history, and how humankind merely tried to adapt ... In other words, the greatest threat facing humankind might very well be climate and weather ... Gene Frankland ... ....(size: 7.7Kb)

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Residents cover their nose from the smell of dead bodies in Tacloban city, Leyte province central Philippines on Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013. The city remains littered with debris from damaged homes as many complain of shortage of food, water and no electricity since the Typhoon Haiyan slammed into their province.

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Typhoon Haiyan: desperate survivors and destruction in flattened city

The Guardian

10 Nov 2013

Survivors in coastal Philippine city of Tacloban queue hundreds deep at airport in effort to leave chaos behind. Residents gather salvageable materials from the ruins of houses after typhoon Haiyan battered Tacloban in central Philippines. Photograph. Erik de Castro/Reuters. The road from the airport to the centre of town is just 11km long, but the journey can easily take six hours ... "I don't know how to describe what I saw ... ....(size: 7.5Kb)

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Detainees in orange jumpsuits sit in a holding area under the watchful eyes of Military Police at Camp X-Ray at Naval Base Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, during in-processing to the temporary detention facility on Jan. 11, 2002. The detainees will be given a basi

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Preserved as evidence, Camp X-Ray holds dark memories

BBC News

11 Nov 2013

In January 2002 dozens of shackled men were taken to Camp X-Ray - as shown in a notorious photograph. Shortly after dawn on a late-summer day more than a decade later and the sky is streaked with pink. "Welcome to Camp X-Ray," said Sgt Cody Stagner, a military public-affairs official. He was addressing a group of journalists taking a tour of the place. It was a friendly greeting - and jarring, given the history of the camp ... ....(size: 6.2Kb)

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Science Briefs

The News & Observer

02 Sep 2013

Garlic mustard? A very ancient condiment. Early Europeans had a taste for spicy food, new research led by England’s University of York has revealed ... But the new research suggests that the recovery of phytoliths – silicate deposits from plants – offers the additional possibility to identify leafy or woody seed material used as spices, not detectable using starch analysis. PLOS ONE. Legacy of acid rain ... Sept. 13. Cost....(size: 3.0Kb)

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Garlic mustard sauce still popular after 7,000 years of flavorful spice choice (Video)

The Examiner

26 Aug 2013

The researchers discovered traces of garlic mustard on the charred remains of pottery dating back nearly 7,000 years, according to a new study, "Phytoliths in Pottery Reveal the Use of Spice in European Prehistoric Cuisine," published online August 21, 2013 in Plos One ... Phytoliths charred by cooking are more resilient to destruction....(size: 8.4Kb)

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Study reveals Stone Age gourmets favoured spicy food

The Irish Times

23 Aug 2013

Blackened deposits inside the pottery shards studied contained residues of microscopic plant silica bodies, called phytoliths, which resemble those found in modern-day garlic mustard seeds, a peppery mustard-flavoured spice ... Both the actual finding of seed phytoliths consistent with garlic mustard spice, and the method of discovery, open up a new avenue for the investigation of prehistoric cuisines”, says the lead author Hayley Saul....(size: 2.3Kb)

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Oldest Evidence of Cooking With Spices Found, Scientists Say

National Geographic News

23 Aug 2013

Craig and his team found microscopic specks of plant-based silica, known as phytoliths, on fire-scorched pottery shards collected from three campsites in north central Europe that ranged between 5,800 and 6,150 years old ... Along with the garlic mustard phytoliths, the team also found remnants of fish and animal fat—probably deer—on the pottery shards, which suggests prehistoric cooks were using the spice to flavor these foods....(size: 3.6Kb)

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Archaeologists find evidence that our Stone Age ancestors ate spicy food

York Press

23 Aug 2013

“As garlic mustard has a strong flavour but little nutritional value, and the phytoliths are found in pots with terrestrial and marine animal residues, our findings are the first direct evidence for the spicing of food in European prehistoric cuisine. ....(size: 1.2Kb)

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Stone Age Chefs Spiced Up Food Even 6,000 Years Ago

National Public Radio

22 Aug 2013

But microscopic bits, called phytoliths, made the trip through time. To archaeologists, phytoliths are essentially plant microfossils ... So long after the crushed garlic seed has decomposed, the tiny phytoliths are still around. The shape and structure of the phytoliths is distinct for many plants and serves as kind of fingerprint for each species....(size: 4.9Kb)

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Stone Age people had a taste for spicy food

Deccan Chronicle

22 Aug 2013

But the new research suggests that the recovery of phytoliths - silicate deposits from plants-offers the additional possibility to identify leafy or woody seed material used as spices, not detectable using starch analysis. Phytoliths charred by cooking are more resilient to destruction....(size: 1.7Kb)

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Researchers reveal hunter-gatherers’ taste for spice (University of York)

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22 Aug 2013

But the new research, which is reported in PLOS ONE, suggests that the recovery of phytoliths - silicate deposits from plants -- offers the additional possibility to identify leafy or woody seed material used as spices, not detectable using starch analysis. Phytoliths charred by cooking are more resilient to destruction ... The paper' 'Phytoliths in ......(size: 3.4Kb)

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First use of spice in Europe discovered in ancient pottery

The Examiner

22 Aug 2013

21, 2013, issue of the journal Public Library of Science ... Pottery shards from Switzerland, France, Germany, and Spain were found to contain phytoliths. Phytoliths are microscopic plant silica bodies that in these instances closely resemble garlic mustard seeds ... The garlic seed remnants date from 5,750 to 6,100 years ago ... ....(size: 1.5Kb)

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Stone Age spices come to light

Independent online (SA)

22 Aug 2013

Although the cells themselves have long disappeared, the tell-tale silica skins - known as phytoliths - survive and therefore allow scientists to identify particular species of plant ... As garlic mustard has a strong flavour but little nutritional value, and the phytoliths are found in pots with terrestrial and marine animal residues, our findings are the first direct evidence for the spicing of food in European prehistoric cuisine ... ....(size: 3.3Kb)

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Prehistoric Europeans spiced their cooking

BBC News

21 Aug 2013

These deposits contained microscopic traces of plant-based silica, known as phytoliths, which can be used to identify the plants from which they came. It was these phytoliths that provided the evidence of garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata) in the carbonised scrapings ... The researchers found no evidence for other spices, with the phytoliths being quite consistent across the sites they investigated....(size: 3.0Kb)

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Spicy food on the menu 6000 years ago

New Scientist

21 Aug 2013

Even in prehistoric Denmark, some liked it hot ... They contained chemical signatures consistent with the presence of meat or fish, and phytoliths – mineral traces of food – similar to those associated with seeds of garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata), a local plant with a strong peppery flavour but little nutritional value. There were significantly more phytoliths in the pot residues than in the sediment at the site....(size: 3.2Kb)

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Do you want some mustard to spice up your Stone Age broth? Scientists reveal secrets ...

The Independent

21 Aug 2013

Although the cells themselves have long disappeared, the tell-tale silica skins – known as phytoliths – survive and therefore allow scientists to identify particular species of plant ... As garlic mustard has a strong flavour but little nutritional value, and the phytoliths are found in pots with terrestrial and marine animal residues, our findings are the first direct evidence for the spicing of food in European prehistoric cuisine ... ....(size: 3.1Kb)

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