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Congratulations Emily! > On Dec 5, 2019, at 1:40 PM, Marston, John <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Dear colleagues, > > I’m delighted to announce that the research of my former student Emily Johnson has just been published in the Journal of Archaeological Science. Emily, through experimental work, has determined that lime-based nixtamalization of maize produces distinctive, identifiable modified starch particles (starch spherulites) that we believe are likely to be durable in archaeological contexts. This method should allow, for the first time, direct identification of nixtamalization in the archaeological record. > > Thank you to our colleagues on the list who provided helpful advice in helping us to understand these unusual structures! > > The article can be downloaded free for the next month and a half through this link: https://authors.elsevier.com/c/1aAIZ15SlTksS~ > > Please be in touch with me or Emily (copied here) with questions or feedback! > > Best wishes, > Mac > > ––––––––––––––––––––––––––– > John (Mac) Marston > Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology > Director, Environmental Archaeology Laboratory > Boston University > > [on sabbatical leave 2019-2020 academic year] > > email: [log in to unmask] > web: http://www.bu.edu/archaeology/marston/ > lab: http://sites.bu.edu/ealab/ > > > To unsubscribe from the ARCHAEOBOTANY list, click the following link: > https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=ARCHAEOBOTANY&A=1 ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the ARCHAEOBOTANY list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=ARCHAEOBOTANY&A=1