Replies

• 

  Radical AnthropologyRadicalAnthro@c.im

  Oct 23, 2026, 7:53 AM

  'these findings suggest the deliberate mixing of eland-derived proteins with ochre powder' (and even though they hardly mention it, it's red, very red)

  https://royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article/293/2081/20253300/483782/Palaeoproteomic-investigation-of-archaeological

  
  💬 1🔄 0⭐ 0
• 

  Radical AnthropologyRadicalAnthro@c.im

  Oct 23, 2026, 8:15 AM

  This may well be a piece of eland hide treated with bright red pigment, or it may be eland fat mixed into paint. Or both?

  💬 0🔄 0⭐ 0