LECTURE: Dr. Michael P. Richards
New Scientific Evidence of Ancient Diet in the Mediterranean

Thursday 22 February
Lecture Room - 6 pm

Lecturer in Archeology Science, University of Bradford, UK and Director, Stable Isotope/Medical Research Programme

Dr. Richards helped to pioneer research at the Oxford Research Laboratory for Archeology in the UK on collagen samples taken from long bones of adults to reveal the amount and type of protein (vegetable, animal or marine) consumed over roughly the last ten years of their lives. His work has been instrumental in overturning previously held "pet theories" on ancient diet. His talk will concentrate on work he has done on ancient diet at Mediterranean sites from the Neolithic to the Classical periods, including Pompeii.