Dietary practices in Iron Age Northern and Central Botswana: microbotanical evidence from dental calculus

Micrographs of Dental Calculus Microremains (Late Iron Age Botswana) PNG micrographs supporting “Cereal Consumption in Late Iron Age Botswana: Microbotanical Evidence from Dental Calculus” (in review). Images document microremains from human dental calculus and controls at N!oma, Taukome, Xaro. Contents Dental calculus (exterior & interior): grass phytolith short-cells (Panicoideae, Chloridoideae, Pooideae), trichomes, long-cells, papillae; eudicot plates/blocky; palm-type spheroid echinates; fibres, fungal debris, microcharcoal; rare/fragmented starch candidates. Controls: negative lab blanks; archaeological adhesives/bone with aggregated Triticeae starches (contamination reference).