Investigating grandmothers' cooking: A multidisciplinary approach to foodways on an archaeological dump in Lower Casamance, Senegal.

Because they hold information about cultural identity, foodways have been the focus of a variety of disciplines in archaeology. However, each approach documents different stages of culinary preparation and is constrained by the preservation specificities of each type of artefact and ecofact. Difficulties in achieving an interdisciplinary approach may explain the scarcity of such studies.

End-of life medical spending and care pathways in the last 12 months of life: A comprehensive analysis of the national claims database in France.

Background: To inform policy makers on efficient provision of end-of-life care, we estimated the 12-month medical expenditures of French decedents in 2015.

Methods: We estimated total medical expenditures by service type and diagnosis category, and analyzed care pathways for breast cancer, dementia, chronic obstructive lung disease.

Results: 501,121 individuals died in 2015, 59% of whom were in a hospital at the time of death.

Transition From Wild to Domesticated Pearl Millet ( Revealed in Ceramic Temper at Three Middle Holocene Sites in Northern Mali.

Unlabelled: Imprints of domesticated pearl millet ( (L.) R. Br.

Agricultural diversification in West Africa: an archaeobotanical study of the site of Sadia (Dogon Country, Mali).

While narratives of the spread of agriculture are central to interpretation of African history, hard evidence of past crops and cultivation practices are still few. This research aims at filling this gap and better understanding the evolution of agriculture and foodways in West Africa. It reports evidence from systematic flotation samples taken at the settlement mounds of Sadia (Mali), dating from 4 phases (phase 0=before first-third century AD; phase 1=mid eighth-tenth c.