http://anthropology.net/2007/08/20/student-finds-5000-year-old-chewing-gum/ Beyond bones & stones Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:33:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://anthropology.net/2007/08/20/student-finds-5000-year-old-chewing-gum/#comment-13544 Thu, 29 Jan 2009 06:20:49 +0000 http://anthropology.net/2007/08/20/student-finds-5000-year-old-chewing-gum/#comment-13544 The 23-year-old was on a volunteer programme on the west coast of Finland when she found a piece of Neolithic chewing gum – a chewed cob made from birch bark tar.Sarah, who studies at Derby University, also uncovered part of an amber ring and a slate arrow head at the Kierikki Centre.All the items will be on display at the centre after they have been analysed in laboratories…

]]> http://anthropology.net/2007/08/20/student-finds-5000-year-old-chewing-gum/#comment-3261 Mon, 27 Aug 2007 11:52:02 +0000 http://anthropology.net/2007/08/20/student-finds-5000-year-old-chewing-gum/#comment-3261 [...] American mtDNA from 2,000 Year Old Chewing Gum & Aprons Jump to Comments One week ago I blogged about ancient gum. And now, thanks to Blaine Bettinger of the Genetic Genealogist, I’ve got some more gummy [...]

]]> http://anthropology.net/2007/08/20/student-finds-5000-year-old-chewing-gum/#comment-3011 Wed, 22 Aug 2007 00:02:58 +0000 http://anthropology.net/2007/08/20/student-finds-5000-year-old-chewing-gum/#comment-3011 [...] Student Finds 5,000-Year-Old Chewing Gum I love little archaeology news bits like the following, because such findings are like a time machine to me. They give […] [...]

]]> http://anthropology.net/2007/08/20/student-finds-5000-year-old-chewing-gum/#comment-3001 Tue, 21 Aug 2007 21:14:32 +0000 http://anthropology.net/2007/08/20/student-finds-5000-year-old-chewing-gum/#comment-3001 Presumably, the gum was found parked under a 3,000 movie theatre seat.

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