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Archaeology
A. K. Marghussian, R. A. E. Coningham, H. Fazeli
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Maria Maragkou, Carl Heron, Joanne Dyer
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Alexandre Lucquin, Harry K. Robson, Yvette Eley, Shinya Shoda, Dessislava Veltcheva, Kevin Gibbs, Carl P. Heron, Sven Isaksson, Yastami Nishida, Yasuhiro Taniguchi, Shota Nakajima, Kenichi Kobayashi, Peter Jordan, Simon Kaner, Oliver E. Craig
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2018)
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Anthropology
Harry K. Robson, Raminta Skipityte, Giedre Piliciauskiene, Alexandre Lucquin, Carl Heron, Oliver E. Craig, Gytis Piliciauskas
ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL SCIENCES
(2019)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Blandine Courel, Harry K. Robson, Alexandre Lucquin, Ekaterina Dolbunova, Ester Oras, Kamil Adamczak, Soren H. Andersen, Peter Moe Astrup, Maxim Charniauski, Agnieszka Czekaj-Zastawny, Igor Ezepenko, Soenke Hartz, Jacek Kabacinski, Andreas Kotula, Stanislaw Kukawka, Ilze Loze, Andrey Mazurkevich, Henny Piezonka, Gytis Piliciauskas, Soren A. Sorensen, Helen M. Talbot, Aleh Tkachou, Maryia Tkachova, Adam Wawrusiewicz, John Meadows, Carl P. Heron, Oliver E. Craig
ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE
(2020)
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Anthropology
Akshyeta Suryanarayan, Miriam Cubas, Oliver E. Craig, Carl P. Heron, Vasant S. Shinde, Ravindra N. Singh, Tamsin C. O'Connell, Cameron A. Petrie
Summary: This paper presents novel insights into the archaeology of food in ancient South Asia by using lipid residue analysis to investigate the types of foodstuffs used in ceramic vessels by the Indus Civilisation in northwest India. Despite challenges with residue analysis, the study found that animal fats were predominantly used in vessels, with limited evidence of dairy processing, and that both urban and rural populations processed similar types of products in vessels without significant changes over time.
JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE
(2021)
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Anthropology
A. Breu, A. Gomez-Bach, C. Heron, A. Rosell-Mele, M. Molist
Summary: This study examines the differences in pottery technology and style between the Cardial and Epicardial periods in the northwestern Mediterranean. New data from Early Neolithic settlements in the Barcelona plain reveal changes in pottery use, with Cardial vessels primarily containing non-ruminant adipose products and Late Epicardial vessels solely identified with dairy products. High temperature biomarkers were only detected in Late Epicardial vessels, suggesting different uses of pottery types in transforming terrestrial animal products.
ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL SCIENCES
(2021)
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Anthropology
Manon Bondetti, Lara Gonzalez Carretero, Ekaterina Dolbunova, Krista McGrath, Sam Presslee, Alexandre Lucquin, Viktor Tsybriy, Andrey Mazurkevich, Andrey Tsybriy, Peter Jordan, Carl Heron, John Meadows, Oliver E. Craig
Summary: The study of pottery at the Rakushechny Yar site in Eastern Europe revealed that early pottery was primarily used to process riverine resources with many vessels identified as processing migratory fish such as sturgeon. While no evidence of dairy products or domesticated animals were found in the vessels, the intensive processing of migratory fish led to large-scale pottery production and storable surpluses, resulting in socio-economic outcomes similar to early agricultural societies.
ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL SCIENCES
(2021)
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Geography, Physical
Blandine Courel, John Meadows, Lara Gonzalez Carretero, Alexandre Lucquin, Rowan McLaughlin, Manon Bondetti, Konstantin Andreev, Andrey Skorobogatov, Roman Smolyaninov, Aleksey Surkov, Aleksandr A. Vybornov, Ekaterina Dolbunova, Carl P. Heron, Oliver E. Craig
Summary: The Eastern European steppe and forest-steppe is crucial for understanding the emergence of pottery in Europe. Research indicates that hunter-gatherer pottery production was not common in this region before the 6th millennium BC, and pottery use was under strong cultural control, with distinct sub-regional culinary traditions.
QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS
(2021)
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Psychology, Biological
Ekaterina Dolbunova, Alexandre Lucquin, T. Rowan McLaughlin, Manon Bondetti, Blandine Courel, Ester Oras, Henny Piezonka, Harry K. Robson, Helen Talbot, Kamil Adamczak, Konstantin Andreev, Vitali Asheichyk, Maxim Charniauski, Agnieszka Czekaj-Zastawny, Igor Ezepenko, Tatjana Grechkina, Alise Gunnarssone, Tatyana M. Gusentsova, Dmytro Haskevych, Marina Ivanischeva, Jacek Kabacinski, Viktor Karmanov, Natalia Kosorukova, Elena Kostyleva, Aivar Kriiska, Stanislaw Kukawka, Olga Lozovskaya, Andrey Mazurkevich, Nadezhda Nedomolkina, Gytis Piliciauskas, Galina Sinitsyna, Andrey Skorobogatov, Roman V. Smolyaninov, Aleksey Surkov, Oleg Tkachov, Maryia Tkachova, Andrey Tsybrij, Viktor Tsybrij, Aleksandr A. Vybornov, Adam Wawrusiewicz, Aleksandr I. Yudin, John Meadows, Carl Heron, Oliver E. Craig
Summary: This study explores the behavioral mechanisms behind the emergence of pottery among hunter-gatherer communities in Europe during the mid-Holocene. The researchers propose that the dispersal of pottery occurred at a faster rate than previously thought, and the pottery had a functional and regional connection to culinary practices. The analysis also suggests that pottery knowledge spread through cultural transmission, indicating the existence of kinship-driven communication networks before major innovations like agriculture or writing.
NATURE HUMAN BEHAVIOUR
(2022)
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Archaeology
Adria Breu, Antoni Rosell-Mele, Carl Heron, Ferran Antolin, Ferran Borrell, Manel Edo, Marta Fontanals, Miquel Molist, Nuria Moraleda, Francesc Xavier Oms, Carles Tornero, Josep Maria Verges, Oriol Vicente, Anna Bach-Gomez
Summary: The use of resinous substances was known by Holocene hunter-gatherers in Europe during the Neolithisation process. Recent research has shown that birch bark tar and bitumen were used by the first farmers in the central Mediterranean. Limited evidence suggests sporadic use of Pinaceae resins in pottery as content or post-firing treatment to waterproof vessels in the western Mediterranean during the Early Neolithic period. This demonstrates the development of adhesive technologies specific to Early Neolithic societies.
JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE-REPORTS
(2023)
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Anthropology
Lisa Briggs, Jago Cooper, Oliver E. Craig, Carl Heron, Alexandre Lucquin, Maria Mercedes Martinez Milantchi, Alice Samson
Summary: Ceramic objects make up more than 90% of the archaeological finds in the Caribbean, but there has been limited research on the molecular evidence for food production from these vessels. This study analyzed 40 ceramic sherds from Isla de Mona using GC-MS and GC-C-IRMS to examine changes in foodways before and after European arrival. The results showed plant residues and both non-ruminant and ruminant fats in various pottery forms, suggesting a diverse diet. The presence of cassava residues indicates large-scale cultivation and exportation, while the detection of wine residues in a Spanish olive jar may be the earliest in the Americas.
ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL SCIENCES
(2023)
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Archaeology
Harry K. Robson, Hayley Saul, Valerie J. Steele, John Meadows, Poul Otto Nielsen, Anders Fischer, Carl P. Heron, Oliver E. Craig
Summary: The study focuses on ceramic containers deposited in wetlands during the Early Neolithic period in Denmark, using organic residue analysis and radiocarbon dating for insight into votive deposition practices from the Mesolithic to the onset of Christianity in Northern Europe. The analysis of 34 'bog pots' revealed the presence of aquatic, ruminant carcass, and dairy fats, as well as plant waxes, with some containing mixtures of these materials, providing a timeline of culinary practices over a thousand years.
JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE-REPORTS
(2021)
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Archaeology
A. K. Marghussian, R. A. E. Coningham, H. Fazeli
JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE-REPORTS
(2017)
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Archaeology
Christopher Davis, Robin Coningham