Dairying in antiquity. III. Evidence from absorbed lipid residues dating to the British Neolithic

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 523-546

  Copley, M S ^a   Berstan, R ^a   Mukherjee, A J ^a   Dudd, S N ^a,c   Straker, V ^b   Payne, S ^b   Evershed, R P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ENGLISH HERITAGE   (United Kingdom)

^c MICROMASS UK LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Dairying; Diet; Lipids; Neolithic; Organic residues; Pottery vessels; Stable carbon isotopes; 13C values

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; DAIRY FARMING;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 14744299419     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2004.08.006     Document Type: Article

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