William R. Biers and Patrick E. McGovern, Eds. (MASCA Research Papers in Science and Archaeology, vol. 7. Philadelphia: MASCA, University of Pennsylvania Museum, University of Pennsylvania, 1990)
The papers in this volume clearly demonstrate the importance of investigating organic residues to elucidate crucial aspects of ancient life such as agriculture, trade, ritual practice. Much of the information presented here could only have been derived using scientific techniques of analysis.

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Patrick McGovern is the Scientific Director of the Biomolecular Archaeology Project for Cuisine, Fermented Beverages, and Health at the University of Pennsylvania Museum in Philadelphia, where he is also an Adjunct Professor of Anthropology. In the popular imagination, he is known as the "Indiana Jones of Ancient Ales, Wines, and Extreme Beverages." Read more

Caption: “Dr. Pat” in the Lower Egyptian Gallery of the Penn Museum, with the largest sphinx in the Western hemisphere to his side and columns of the 13th c. B.C. Merenptah palace behind him. Photo by Alison Dunlap.
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APPENDIX 4: AFTERWORD, PETROGRAPHIC ADDENDUM, AND POTTERY FIGURES
Ancient Wine: The Search for the Origins of Viniculture
Ancient Brews Re-discovered and Recreated
The Late Bronze Egyptian Garrison at Beth Shan
The Foreign Relations of the Hyksos
The Late Bronze and Early Iron Ages of Central Transjordan
Uncorking the Past
Late Bronze Age Palestinian Pendants Innovation in a Cosmopolitan Age

Organic Contents of Ancient Vessels

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Ancient Brews Rediscovered and Re-Created

The Foreign Relations of the “Hyksos”