Permafrost preservation reveals proteomic evidence for yak milk consumption in the 13th century

Affiliations

Alicia R. Ventresca Miller: Department of Anthropology, University of Michigan
Shevan Wilkin: Department of Archaeology, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
Jamsranjav Bayarsaikhan: Department of Archaeology, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
Abigail Ramsøe: Section for GeoGenetics, The GLOBE Institute, University of Copenhagen
Julia Clark: NOMAD Science
Batsuren Byambadorj: Department of Anthropology and Archaeology, National University of Mongolia
Sandra Vanderwarf: NOMAD Science
Nils Vanwezer: Department of Archaeology, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
Ashleigh Haruda: School of Archaeology, University of Oxford
Ricardo Fernandes: Department of Archaeology, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
Bryan Miller: Museum of Anthropological Archaeology, University of Michigan
Nicole Boivin: Department of Archaeology, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History

Abstract

Proteomic evidence from permafrost human dental calculus indicates consumption of yak milk in Mongolia as early as 1270 CE.