Smell is a language, communicative and interpretive. Firmly embedded in the physical, social, emotional, and semantic context, odor emanates as existential expression that is integral and idiosyncratic to human culture, behaviors, and practices. Advances in scientific techniques allows for odor to be used as primary source evidence. Focusing on a ground-breaking technique, headspace sampling provides direct access to ancient odor molecules for analysis. This paper explores how empirical information permits entry into previously unexplored sensorial sociocultural avenues that enable deeper, richer models of archaeological interpretation.

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考古会发臭吗？使用顶空采样技术检测过去的气味

气味是一种语言，具有交际性和解释性。气味牢固地嵌入身体，社会，情感和语义环境中，作为存在性表达发出，这种存在性表达与人类文化，行为和习俗是不可或缺的。科学技术的进步允许将气味用作主要来源证据。顶空采样专注于突破性的技术，可直接访问古老的气味分子进行分析。本文探讨了经验信息如何允许进入以前未曾探索过的感官社会文化途径，这些途径使考古解释的模型更深入，更丰富。