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Blood sausages and yak milk: Bronze Age cuisine of Mongolian nomads unveiled - EurekAlert


Bronze cauldrons were used by the inhabitants of the Mongolian steppe around 2,700 years ago to process animal blood and milk. This is shown by a protein analysis of archaeological finds from this period.

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