January
01
/ 2023
Scientists analyzing microscopic plant materials trapped within building materials on The Great Wall of China have derived volumes of information about ancient environmental and climatological conditions. A team of archaeologists led by Dr. Robert Patalano of the Department of Archaeology, Max Planck Institute for Geoanthropology, has analyzed plant materials that were used in the construction of segments and beacon towers of the Great Wall in northwestern China. According to a new study published in the journal Nature, site-specific analysis of organic archaeological building materials has provided “local paleoclimatic and environmental conditions at the time of building.” Furthermore, the researchers say their approach has laid a new foundation for further applications of advanced “molecular, biochemical, and isotopic technologies” relating to the
