Marin Cârciumaru

Old Collections, New Perspectives: Analytical Reassessment of One of Europe's Biggest Archaeological Broomcorn Millet Deposits (Romania)

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.

Ancient biomolecules suggest learned foraging strategy in extinct cave bears

This study uses isotope and ancient DNA analysis to show that cave bears adapted their diets based on foraging experience rather than genetics.