A metate from site CA-VEN-395, a multicomponent site exhibiting prehistoric and historic occupation in the Santa Monica Mountains, was submitted for pollen, phytolith, and starch analysis to assess us
Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR): -FTIR studies how molecules absorb infrared radiation, between 4000-400 wavenumbers -Reveals the structure of specific organic molecules -Has been expe
This slab from a frieze was most likely produced in the Hellenistic period, where friezes were very popular as means of decoration of temples. If the most famous one is the Parthenon frieze, many othe
