Compound-specific stable carbon isotopic detection of pig product processing in British Late Neolithic pottery

• Autores: Anna J. Mukherjee, Robert Berstan, Mark S. Copley, Alex M. Gibson, Richard P. Evershed
• Localización: Antiquity, ISSN 0003-598X, Vol. 81, Nº 313, 2007, págs. 743-754
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • By extracting lipids from potsherds and determining the d13C of the most abundant fatty acids, degraded fats from ruminant animals, such as cattle, and non-ruminant animals, such as pigs, can be distinguished. The authors use this phenomenon to investigate Late Neolithic pig exploitation and find that the pig �signature� was more frequently found among residues from Grooved Ware than other prehistoric pottery types.