Archeochemistry

TECHNOLOGY WATCH: By studying ancient residues, scholar finds clues of humanity’s past. Archaeochemist Andrew Koh, the new museum scientist at the Peabody Museum, analyzes carbon residues on artifacts to learn how ancient peoples lived and died (Mike Cummings, Yale News).

Koh recently spoke to Yale News about his new role, his discoveries — including the remnants of an opiate concoction found in the Yale Babylonian Collection — and what makes Yale the perfect setting for interdisciplinary scholarship. The interview has been edited and condensed.

For more on Dr. Koh's work on the Bronze-Age wine cellar at Tel Kabri, Israel, see here.

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