Old Collections, New Perspectives: Analytical Reassessment of One of Europe's Biggest Archaeological Broomcorn Millet Deposits (Romania)
Ana García‐Vázquez, Mihaela Golea, Cristina Mircea, Marin Cârciumaru, Gabriela Sava, Ana Ilie, Cǎtǎlin Lazăr
This study reanalyzes broomcorn millet grains from Romania's Morteni tell, revealing they date to the Late Iron Age rather than the Chalcolithic, and highlights the importance of isotopic and FTIR-ATR analysis for accurate archaeological interpretation.
bioRxiv · Nov 26, 2025 · PreprintPaleontology