In April, Nicolas Engel and Lise Mesz, curators at the Guimet Museum (National Museum of Asian Arts), welcomed Manon, Aurore and Emmanuelle to view samples from the collections of the Afghan and Pakistani sites of Mundigak and Amri, which were excavated in the 1950s by JM Casal
Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais (MNAAG, Paris) / Thierry Ollivier
Together, they have compiled a selection of pottery sherds. These will enable the study of food residues within the pottery sherds using organic geochemistry.
