BU Student Archeologist Pieces Together Human History by Looking at Meal Leftovers
Photo by Jackie Ricciardi
Most people don’t think about what happens to bones, shells, and other leftovers when their meal is finished. But old food waste gives Boston University archaeology student Jessica Buckley insight into what humans were eating hundreds—perhaps even thousands—of years ago.
Funded by a grant from the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program, Buckley (CAS’25) spent her summer in BU’s Zooarchaeology Lab examining thousands of shellfish remains from two excavation sites on Chirikof Island in Alaska….
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