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Regional diversity in subsistence among early farmers in Southeast Europe revealed by archaeological organic residues

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2019
Authors
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
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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 w...ithin 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.

Keywords:
pottery / organic residues / neolithic / lipid biomarkers / early farmer / aquatic
Source:
Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 2019, 286, 1894
Publisher:
  • Royal Soc, London
Funding / projects:
  • Natural Environment Research CouncilUK Research & Innovation (UKRI)Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) [NE/F021054/1]
  • German Research CouncilGerman Research Foundation (DFG) [DFG-IV101/5-1]
  • info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/324202/EU// (EU-324202)
  • Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland
  • Munro Fund of the University of Edinburgh
  • National Science Foundation of the USANational Science Foundation (NSF) [BCS-0442096]
  • British Academy [SG 40967, 42170, LRG 45589]
  • McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research in Cambridge

DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2018.2347

ISSN: 0962-8452

PubMed: 30963881

WoS: 000579164000001

Scopus: 2-s2.0-85061343340
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http://rai.ai.ac.rs/handle/123456789/319
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