print this release Our Ancestors Did Not Suffer From Caries, But Took Drugs For further information, please contact: Tatiana Pitchugina Informnauka (Informscience) Agency textmaster@informnauka.ru7-095-2675418 26 September 2002 keywords Archaeology, Food, History When coming across ancient vessels the archaeologists first of all search for any remnants inside. As a rule, the vessels are crammed full with soil, the analysis of which can help to learn about the content of the vessel. In the course of excavation of burial mounds in Kalmykia Natalia Shishlina (State Historic Museum) collected a lot of soil samples from various vessels....