[Rockhounds] Stable Isotopes as A paleo-cooking Thermometer

[Paul]

Below are two open access papers that use stable isotopes as 
paleo-cooking thermometers.

Staudigel, P.T., Swart, P.K., Pourmand, A., Laguer-Díaz, C.A. and 
Pestle, W.J., 2019. Boiled or
roasted? Bivalve cooking methods of early Puerto Ricans elucidated using 
clumped isotopes. Science
advances, 5(11), p.eaaw5447.
https://www.science.org/doi/epdf/10.1126/sciadv.aaw5447

Müller, P., Staudigel, P.T., Murray, S.T., Vernet, R., Barusseau, J.P., 
Westphal, H. and Swart,
P.K., 2017. Prehistoric cooking versus accurate palaeotemperature 
records in shell midden
constituents. Scientific reports, 7(1), pp.1-11.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-03715-8

Yours,

Paul H.