#organic-preservation

#organic-preservation

What's the story behind the sawed-open goat skulls that frequently turn up in the ground beneath Berlin? It's often small things that reveal something about times gone by, said Eberhard Volker, archaeologist at the State Office for the Preservation of Historical Monuments. He and his colleagues suspect that goat brain was a popular snack in medieval times. Volker leads excavations at the Molkenmarkt in the historic center of Berlin, digging down into the past with a shovel, trowel and brush.