This type of analysis has been applied successfully to coprolites from other arid-site archaeological contexts and could provide additional dietary information that complements the macrobotanical and faunal evidence already recovered.

And continued excavation at the site, applied to areas not yet investigated, might reveal additional materials — artifacts, organic remains, or structural features like hearths — that add to the evidence base for the character and duration of occupation at Paisley.

The caves are patient.

They have held their evidence for 14,000 years.

They will hold whatever remains a little longer.

The Humble Object and the Vast Question