Author
Marcus Chen
Marcus investigates the transition from wild foraging to early domestication through the lens of seed coat morphology. He enjoys exploring how taphonomic processes can bias our understanding of ancient dietary choices.
20 Articles
Articles by
Marcus Chen
Botanical Macro-remains and Phytoliths
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Finding Big Stories in Tiny Seeds and Old Soil
Small Bits and Big Finds: Our Weekly Digest
Taphonomy and Preservation Science
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Tiny Signs and Big Histories
Botanical Macro-remains and Phytoliths
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Reading the Tiny Signs: A Weekly Look at Our Past
High-Resolution Analytical Techniques
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The Invisible Glass Skeletons in Our Dirt
Ancient Agricultural Practices
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What Burnt Seeds Can Tell Us About the First Farmers
Taphonomy and Preservation Science
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What Burnt Seeds Can Tell Us About Our Great-Grandparents
Ancient Agricultural Practices
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Tiny Clues and Big Histories: This Week's Finds
High-Resolution Analytical Techniques
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Ancient Snacks and the Birth of Farming
Botanical Macro-remains and Phytoliths
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The Trash We Treasure: Finding the Birth of Farming in Burnt Seeds
Ancient Agricultural Practices
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Little Things Tell Big Stories This Week
Botanical Macro-remains and Phytoliths
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The Glass in the Grass: How Phytoliths Record the Past
Botanical Macro-remains and Phytoliths
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What’s For Dinner? Finding 10,000-Year-Old Scraps in the Dirt
Chronological Dating and Frameworks
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Old Ash and New Secrets: How Burnt Wood Tracks Ancient Climates
Chronological Dating and Frameworks
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Reading the Ghost Forests in the Dirt
Chronological Dating and Frameworks
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The First Bakers: How Burnt Crumbs Changed Everything
Soil Micromorphology and Stratigraphy
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The Glass Skeletons Hidden in Your Garden Soil
Botanical Macro-remains and Phytoliths
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Reading the Ash: Ancient Forest Secrets
Taphonomy and Preservation Science
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How Burnt Seeds Tell the Story of Our First Farms
High-Resolution Analytical Techniques
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