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 Noreen Tuross

 Landon T. Clay Professor of Scientific Archaeology
 

 Office: Peabody Museum 58D
 Assistant: Jessa Piaia (617) 496-1194
 Email: tuross@fas.harvard.edu
 Web:  http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~anthro/arch_faculty.html
Research Interests

Application of biogeochemical techniques, including immunology and mass spectrometry, to archaeological questions; ancient DNA and DNA damage; human impacts on the land; paleodiet, migration, and seasonality.

Environmental Courses

Anthropology 1060: Archaeological Science
Anthropology 2045: Anthropogenic Evidence in Soil

Related Publications

An Asian origin for a 10,000-year-old domesticated plant in the Americas. (2005)