TY  - CHAP
AU  - Mitkidou, Sofia
AU  - Dimitrakoudi, Evaggelia
AU  - Kokkinos, Nikolaos
AU  - Urem-Kotsou, Dushka
AU  - Bajčev, Olga
AU  - Perić, Slaviša
PY  - 2019
UR  - http://rai.ai.ac.rs/handle/123456789/768
AB  - In the current study, samples from three Neolithic settlements located in different
geographical areas in Serbia; Star~evo–Grad, Drenovac and Pavlovac–Gumni{te, were selected in order to
determine whether the materials used to seal and repair ceramic pots from this specific region were of the
same botanical source as in other regions of Neolithic Greece and the Balkans; and whether they were produced
using the same technology as the other similar resinous materials. The ancient organic residues were
analysed using the gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) technique, while the determination of
their composition was made by identifying diagnostic components (biomarkers). The study revealed that the
resinous material was tar produced by the pyrolysis of birch bark.
PB  - Belgrade : Institute of Archaeology
PB  - Paraćin : Regional Museum
T2  - The Neolithic in the Middle Morava Valley: Interdisciplinary contributions to research and preservation of archaeological heritage
T1  - Chemical analysis of tarry materials found on pottery from Neolithic settlements in Serbia
EP  - 60
SP  - 47
UR  - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_768
ER  - 

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abstract = "In the current study, samples from three Neolithic settlements located in different
geographical areas in Serbia; Star~evo–Grad, Drenovac and Pavlovac–Gumni{te, were selected in order to
determine whether the materials used to seal and repair ceramic pots from this specific region were of the
same botanical source as in other regions of Neolithic Greece and the Balkans; and whether they were produced
using the same technology as the other similar resinous materials. The ancient organic residues were
analysed using the gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) technique, while the determination of
their composition was made by identifying diagnostic components (biomarkers). The study revealed that the
resinous material was tar produced by the pyrolysis of birch bark.",
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Mitkidou, S., Dimitrakoudi, E., Kokkinos, N., Urem-Kotsou, D., Bajčev, O.,& Perić, S.. (2019). Chemical analysis of tarry materials found on pottery from Neolithic settlements in Serbia. in The Neolithic in the Middle Morava Valley: Interdisciplinary contributions to research and preservation of archaeological heritage
Belgrade : Institute of Archaeology., 47-60.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_768

Mitkidou S, Dimitrakoudi E, Kokkinos N, Urem-Kotsou D, Bajčev O, Perić S. Chemical analysis of tarry materials found on pottery from Neolithic settlements in Serbia. in The Neolithic in the Middle Morava Valley: Interdisciplinary contributions to research and preservation of archaeological heritage. 2019;:47-60.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_768 .

Mitkidou, Sofia, Dimitrakoudi, Evaggelia, Kokkinos, Nikolaos, Urem-Kotsou, Dushka, Bajčev, Olga, Perić, Slaviša, "Chemical analysis of tarry materials found on pottery from Neolithic settlements in Serbia" in The Neolithic in the Middle Morava Valley: Interdisciplinary contributions to research and preservation of archaeological heritage (2019):47-60,
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_768 .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Cramp, Lucy J. E.
AU  - Ethier, Jonathan
AU  - Urem-Kotsou, Dushka
AU  - Bonsall, Clive
AU  - Borić, Dušan
AU  - Boroneant, Adina
AU  - Evershed, Richard P.
AU  - Perić, Slaviša
AU  - Roffet-Salque, Melanie
AU  - Whelton, Helen L.
AU  - Ivanova, Maria
PY  - 2019
UR  - http://rai.ai.ac.rs/handle/123456789/319
AB  - The spread of early farming across Europe from its origins in Southwest Asia was a culturally transformative process which took place over millennia. Within regions, the pace of the transition was probably related to the particular climatic and environmental conditions encountered, as well as the nature of localized hunter-gatherer and farmer interactions. The establishment of farming in the interior of the Balkans represents the first movement of Southwest Asian livestock beyond their natural climatic range, and widespread evidence now exists for early pottery being used extensively for dairying. However, pottery lipid residues from sites in the Iron Gates region of the Danube in the northern Balkans show that here, Neolithic pottery was being used predominantly for processing aquatic resources. This stands out not only within the surrounding region but also contrasts markedly with Neolithic pottery use across wider Europe. These findings provide evidence for the strategic diversity within the wider cultural and economic practices during the Neolithic, with this exceptional environmental and cultural setting offering alternative opportunities despite the dominance of farming in the wider region.
PB  - Royal Soc, London
T2  - Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences
T1  - Regional diversity in subsistence among early farmers in Southeast Europe revealed by archaeological organic residues
IS  - 1894
VL  - 286
DO  - 10.1098/rspb.2018.2347
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Royal Soc, London., 286(1894).
https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2018.2347

Cramp LJE, Ethier J, Urem-Kotsou D, Bonsall C, Borić D, Boroneant A, Evershed RP, Perić S, Roffet-Salque M, Whelton HL, Ivanova M. Regional diversity in subsistence among early farmers in Southeast Europe revealed by archaeological organic residues. in Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences. 2019;286(1894).
doi:10.1098/rspb.2018.2347 .

Cramp, Lucy J. E., Ethier, Jonathan, Urem-Kotsou, Dushka, Bonsall, Clive, Borić, Dušan, Boroneant, Adina, Evershed, Richard P., Perić, Slaviša, Roffet-Salque, Melanie, Whelton, Helen L., Ivanova, Maria, "Regional diversity in subsistence among early farmers in Southeast Europe revealed by archaeological organic residues" in Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 286, no. 1894 (2019),
https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2018.2347 . .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Roffet-Salque, Melanie
AU  - Regert, Martine
AU  - Evershed, Richard R.
AU  - Outram, Alan K.
AU  - Cramp, Lucy J. E.
AU  - Decavallas, Orestes
AU  - Dunne, Julie
AU  - Gerbault, Pascale
AU  - Mileto, Simona
AU  - Mirabaud, Sigrid
AU  - Paakkonen, Mirva
AU  - Smyth, Jessica
AU  - Soberl, Lucija
AU  - Whelton, Helen L.
AU  - Alday-Ruiz, Alfonso
AU  - Asplund, Henrik
AU  - Bartkowiak, Marta
AU  - Bayer-Niemeier, Eva
AU  - Belhouchet, Lotfi
AU  - Bernardini, Federico
AU  - Budja, Mihael
AU  - Cooney, Gabriel
AU  - Cubas, Miriam
AU  - Danaher, Ed M.
AU  - Diniz, Mariana
AU  - Domboroczki, Laszlo
AU  - Fabbri, Cristina
AU  - Gonzalez-Urquijo, Jesus E.
AU  - Guilaine, Jean
AU  - Hachi, Slimane
AU  - Hartwell, Barrie N.
AU  - Hofmann, Daniela
AU  - Hohle, Isabel
AU  - Ibanez, Juan J.
AU  - Karul, Necmi
AU  - Kherbouche, Farid
AU  - Kiely, Jacinta
AU  - Kotsakis, Kostas
AU  - Lueth, Friedrich
AU  - Mallory, James P.
AU  - Manen, Claire
AU  - Marciniak, Arkadiusz
AU  - Maurice-Chabard, Brigitte
AU  - McGonigle, Martin A.
AU  - Mulazzani, Simone
AU  - Ozdogan, Mehmet
AU  - Peric, Olga S.
AU  - Perić, Slaviša
AU  - Petrasch, Joerg
AU  - Petrequin, Anne-Marie
AU  - Petrequie, Pierre
AU  - Poensgen, Ulrike
AU  - Pollard, Joshua C.
AU  - Poplin, Francois
AU  - Radi, Giovanna
AU  - Stadler, Peter
AU  - Staeuble, Harald
AU  - Tasić, Nenad
AU  - Urem-Kotsou, Dushka
AU  - Vukovic, Jasna B.
AU  - Walsh, Fintan
AU  - Whittle, Alasdair
AU  - Wolfram, Sabine
AU  - Zapata-Pena, Lydia
AU  - Zoughlami, Jamel
PY  - 2015
UR  - http://rai.ai.ac.rs/handle/123456789/241
AB  - The pressures on honeybee (Apis mellifera) populations, resulting from threats by modern pesticides, parasites, predators and diseases, have raised awareness of the economic importance and critical role this insect plays in agricultural societies across the globe. However, the association of humans with A. mellifera predates post-industrial-revolution agriculture, as evidenced by the widespread presence of ancient Egyptian bee iconography dating to the Old Kingdom (approximately 2400 BC)(1). There are also indications of Stone Age people harvesting bee products; for example, honey hunting is interpreted from rock art(2) in a prehistoric Holocene context and a beeswax find in a pre-agriculturalist site(3). However, when and where the regular association of A. mellifera with agriculturalists emerged is unknown(4). One of the major products of A. mellifera is beeswax, which is composed of a complex suite of lipids including n-alkanes, n-alkanoic acids and fatty acyl wax esters. The composition is highly constant as it is determined genetically through the insect's biochemistry. Thus, the chemical 'fingerprint' of beeswax provides a reliable basis for detecting this commodity in organic residues preserved at archaeological sites, which we now use to trace the exploitation by humans of A. mellifera temporally and spatially. Here we present secure identifications of beeswax in lipid residues preserved in pottery vessels of Neolithic Old World farmers. The geographical range of bee product exploitation is traced in Neolithic Europe, the Near East and North Africa, providing the palaeoecological range of honeybees during prehistory. Temporally, we demonstrate that bee products were exploited continuously, and probably extensively in some regions, at least from the seventh millennium cal BC, likely fulfilling a variety of technological and cultural functions. The close association of A. mellifera with Neolithic farming communities dates to the early onset of agriculture and may provide evidence for the beginnings of a domestication process.
PB  - Nature Publishing Group, London
T2  - Nature
T1  - Widespread exploitation of the honeybee by early Neolithic farmers
EP  - +
IS  - 7577
SP  - 226
VL  - 527
DO  - 10.1038/nature15757
ER  - 

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Roffet-Salque M, Regert M, Evershed RR, Outram AK, Cramp LJE, Decavallas O, Dunne J, Gerbault P, Mileto S, Mirabaud S, Paakkonen M, Smyth J, Soberl L, Whelton HL, Alday-Ruiz A, Asplund H, Bartkowiak M, Bayer-Niemeier E, Belhouchet L, Bernardini F, Budja M, Cooney G, Cubas M, Danaher EM, Diniz M, Domboroczki L, Fabbri C, Gonzalez-Urquijo JE, Guilaine J, Hachi S, Hartwell BN, Hofmann D, Hohle I, Ibanez JJ, Karul N, Kherbouche F, Kiely J, Kotsakis K, Lueth F, Mallory JP, Manen C, Marciniak A, Maurice-Chabard B, McGonigle MA, Mulazzani S, Ozdogan M, Peric OS, Perić S, Petrasch J, Petrequin A, Petrequie P, Poensgen U, Pollard JC, Poplin F, Radi G, Stadler P, Staeuble H, Tasić N, Urem-Kotsou D, Vukovic JB, Walsh F, Whittle A, Wolfram S, Zapata-Pena L, Zoughlami J. Widespread exploitation of the honeybee by early Neolithic farmers. in Nature. 2015;527(7577):226-+.
doi:10.1038/nature15757 .

Roffet-Salque, Melanie, Regert, Martine, Evershed, Richard R., Outram, Alan K., Cramp, Lucy J. E., Decavallas, Orestes, Dunne, Julie, Gerbault, Pascale, Mileto, Simona, Mirabaud, Sigrid, Paakkonen, Mirva, Smyth, Jessica, Soberl, Lucija, Whelton, Helen L., Alday-Ruiz, Alfonso, Asplund, Henrik, Bartkowiak, Marta, Bayer-Niemeier, Eva, Belhouchet, Lotfi, Bernardini, Federico, Budja, Mihael, Cooney, Gabriel, Cubas, Miriam, Danaher, Ed M., Diniz, Mariana, Domboroczki, Laszlo, Fabbri, Cristina, Gonzalez-Urquijo, Jesus E., Guilaine, Jean, Hachi, Slimane, Hartwell, Barrie N., Hofmann, Daniela, Hohle, Isabel, Ibanez, Juan J., Karul, Necmi, Kherbouche, Farid, Kiely, Jacinta, Kotsakis, Kostas, Lueth, Friedrich, Mallory, James P., Manen, Claire, Marciniak, Arkadiusz, Maurice-Chabard, Brigitte, McGonigle, Martin A., Mulazzani, Simone, Ozdogan, Mehmet, Peric, Olga S., Perić, Slaviša, Petrasch, Joerg, Petrequin, Anne-Marie, Petrequie, Pierre, Poensgen, Ulrike, Pollard, Joshua C., Poplin, Francois, Radi, Giovanna, Stadler, Peter, Staeuble, Harald, Tasić, Nenad, Urem-Kotsou, Dushka, Vukovic, Jasna B., Walsh, Fintan, Whittle, Alasdair, Wolfram, Sabine, Zapata-Pena, Lydia, Zoughlami, Jamel, "Widespread exploitation of the honeybee by early Neolithic farmers" in Nature, 527, no. 7577 (2015):226-+,
https://doi.org/10.1038/nature15757 . .