Is anyone aware of ongoing research involving absorbed residues, phytoliths, or pollen in the earliest West Mexican pottery?

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I'm interested in finding reports regarding paleoethnobotanical analysis on the earliest West Mexican pottery, perhaps involving sonication to extract samples from the interior walls of ceramic vessels.

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