Lipid residue analyses of Early Neolithic funnel-beaker pottery from Skogsmossen, eastern Central Sweden, and the earliest evidence of dairying in Sweden

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3600-3609

  Isaksson, Sven ^a   Hallgren, Fredrik ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Funnel beaker culture; Lipid analysis; Milk; Neolithic; Vessel use

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARTIFACT; FEN; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; LIPID; MILK; NEOLITHIC;

SWEDEN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84865036618     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2012.06.018     Document Type: Article

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