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Is there an 'aquatic' Neolithic? Bondetti, Manon
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10.33612/diss.157185365
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Bondetti, M. (2021). Is there an 'aquatic' Neolithic? New insights from organic residue analysis of early Holocene pottery from European Russia and Siberia. University of Groningen.
https://doi.org/10.33612/diss.157185365
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1. Although lipid preservation shows some variation according to the sites studied here, organic residue analysis is a viable method to tackle questions concerning comparative pottery function in Russia. 2. Hunter-gatherer pottery from Russia indicate much greater
diversity in the use than predicted from the “Aquatic” Neolithic theory. 3. Aquatic products were indeed prevalent at many sites however lipids derived from terrestrial plants and animals were also common. 4. Overall, the newly introduced pottery was initially used to process a wide spectrum of foodstuffs and seems to have varied according to the regional context. 5. No single trajectory, e.g. from specialised to a more general use, or vice versa, is evident.
Nevertheless, temporal trends in the use of pottery are evident but difficult to disentangle from wider potential changes in the
subsistence base. 6. The isomeric distribution of APAAs-C18 for is a powerful new tool for the identification of different food
treatments (e.g. animal fat, cereal/fruit/non-leafy vegetable, leafy vegetable) in archaeological pottery.
