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Neolithic farmers or Neolithic foragers? : Organic residue analysis of early pottery from Rakushechny Yar on the Lower Don (Russia)
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- Bondetti, Manon (author)
- University of York
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- González Carretero, Lara (author)
- Hermitage Museum,The British Museum
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- Dolbunova, Ekaterina (author)
- Hermitage Museum,The British Museum
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- McGrath, Krista (author)
- Autonomous University of Barcelona
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- Presslee, Sam (author)
- University of York
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- Lucquin, Alexandre (author)
- University of York
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- Tsybriy, Viktor (author)
- Don Archaeological Society
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- Mazurkevich, Andrey (author)
- Hermitage Museum
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- Tsybriy, Andrey (author)
- Don Archaeological Society
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- Jordan, Peter (author)
- Lund University,Lunds universitet,Arkeologi,Institutionen för arkeologi och antikens historia,Institutioner,Humanistiska och teologiska fakulteterna,Archaeology,Department of Archaeology and Ancient History,Departments,Joint Faculties of Humanities and Theology
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- Heron, Carl (author)
- The British Museum
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- Meadows, John (author)
- Centre for Baltic and Scandinavian Archaeology
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- Craig, Oliver (author)
- University of York
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- 2021-07-26
- 2021
- English 16 s.
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In: Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 1866-9565 .- 1866-9557. ; 13:8
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- The emergence of pottery in Europe is associated with two distinct traditions: hunter-gatherers in the east of the continent during the early 6th millennium BC and early agricultural communities in the south-west in the late 7th millennium BC. Here we investigate the function of pottery from the site of Rakushechny Yar, located at the Southern fringe of Eastern Europe, in this putative contact zone between these two economic ‘worlds’. To investigate, organic residue analysis was conducted on 120 samples from the Early Neolithic phase (ca. mid-6th millennium BC) along with microscopic and SEM analysis of associated foodcrusts. The results showed that the earliest phase of pottery use was predominantly used to process riverine resources. Many of the vessels have molecular and isotopic characteristics consistent with migratory fish, such as sturgeon, confirmed by the identification of sturgeon bony structures embedded in the charred surface deposits. There was no evidence of dairy products in any of the vessels, despite the fact these have been routinely identified in coeval sites to the south. Further analysis of some of the mammalian bones using ZooMS failed to demonstrate that domesticated animals were present in the Early Neolithic. Nevertheless, we argue that intensive exploitation of seasonally migratory fish, accompanied by large-scale pottery production, created storable surpluses that led to similar socio-economic outcomes as documented in early agricultural societies.
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- HUMANIORA -- Historia och arkeologi -- Arkeologi (hsv//swe)
- HUMANITIES -- History and Archaeology -- Archaeology (hsv//eng)
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Dolbunova, Ekate ...
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McGrath, Krista
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Presslee, Sam
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Lucquin, Alexand ...
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Tsybriy, Viktor
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Mazurkevich, And ...
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Tsybriy, Andrey
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Jordan, Peter
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Heron, Carl
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Meadows, John
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Craig, Oliver
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