First lipid residue analysis of Early Neolithic pottery from Swifterbant (the Netherlands, ca. 4300–4000 BC)

Ozge Demirci; Alexandre Jules Andre Lucquin; Oliver Edward Craig; Daan C.M.  Raemaekers

doi:10.1007/s12520-020-01062-w

First lipid residue analysis of Early Neolithic pottery from Swifterbant (the Netherlands, ca. 4300–4000 BC)

Ozge Demirci, Alexandre Jules Andre Lucquin, Oliver Edward Craig, Daan C.M. Raemaekers

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Abstract

This paper focuses on the functional analysis of Swifterbant pottery from North-western Europe (ca. 4300–4000 BC) through lipid residue analysis. The main aim is to understand the role of pottery in terms of its relation to hunter-fisher-gatherer lifestyle, and the change in available food resources brought about by the arrival of domesticated animal and plant products. We conducted lipid residue analysis of 62 samples from three Swifterbant sites S2, S3 and S4. A combined approach using both GC-MS and GC-C-IRMS of residues absorbed into the ceramic was employed to identify their context. Our results demonstrate that Swifterbant ceramics were used exclusively for processing aquatic resources. We also found no evidence of inter-site variation in the use of pottery or variation based on both typological and technological features of the pottery. We found no evidence for any domesticated resources despite their presence in the faunal and botanical assemblages.

Original language	English
Article number	105 (2020)
Journal	Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences
Volume	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s12520-020-01062-w
Publication status	Published - 26 Apr 2020

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Keywords

NW Europe
Hunter-fisher-gatherers
Early pottery use
lipid residue analysis
Swifterbant culture

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