Table 2.
Summary table of the dietary proteins identified in dental calculus samples analyzed through proteomics (n = 10) by sex and age groups
| Skeleton identification no. | Age group (y) | Sex | Extraction identification no. | Putative dietary protein | Total PSMs identified | Protein taxonomic assignment |
| CXCV | 36–45 | M | Z527 | BLG | 24 | Cattle (Bovinae) or sheep (Ovis) |
| CCXXVII | ≥46 | M | Z526 | BLG | 59 | Cattle (Bos) and goat (Capra) |
| CCXXVII | ≥46 | M | Z526 | GAPDH | 6 | Probable green plant (Viridiplantae) |
| CCXXVII | ≥46 | M | Z526 | Ovalbumin | 7 | Chicken (Gallus) |
| CCXXXIV | 26–35 | F | Z321 | GAPDH | 4 | Probable green plant (Viridiplantae) |
| CCLXXXII | 36–45 | M | Z523 | BLG | 10 | Cattle (Bos) |
| CCCXVIII | ≥46 | M | Z528 | GAPDH | 10 | Probable green plant (Viridiplantae) |
| CCCXCVIII | 36–45 | M | Z534 | BLG | 8 | Cattle (Bos) and sheep/goat (Caprinae) |
| DLXIV | 18–25 | F | Z533 | BLG | 3 | Cattle (Bos) |
| DLXIV | 18–25 | F | Z533 | GAPDH | 4 | Probable green plant (Viridiplantae) |
| DLXIV | 18–25 | F | Z533 | Ovalbumin | 4 | Chicken (Gallus) |
| DLXXII | 36–45 | F | Z529 | GAPDH | 10 | Probable green plant (Viridiplantae) |
| DCLXXXIII | 36–45 | M | Z532 | BLG | 11 | Cattle (Bos) |
| DCLXXXIII | 36–45 | M | Z532 | GAPDH | 7 | Probable green plant (Viridiplantae) |
| DCLXXXIII | 36–45 | M | Z532 | Ovalbumin | 6 | Chicken (Gallus) |
| DCCCXXIX | 26–35 | F | Z531 | BLG | 8 | Cattle (Bovinae) or sheep (Ovis) |
A peptide summary is provided in Dataset S2. F, female; M, male; PSM, peptide spectrum match.