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What did people eat in the region of current Estonia in the distant past?

Researchers' Night festival 2021. Superheroes of science

Researchers’ Night festival 2021. Superheroes of science

Last week, on the 20-24 of September, Reasearchers’ Night festival 2021 took place all over Estonia.

Our archaeochemist Dr. Ester Oras gave an interesting audio lecture about the eating habits of people living in the region of current Estonia in the distant past. This topic starts with the first findings related to eating habits from the Mesolithic period and arrives at the Middle Ages. During the whole lecture, she illustrates how chemical analyses can be used for the analysis of archaeological objects.

Here is the audio lecture in Estonian, but there’s also a blog post in English on a similar topic.

 

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