New insights into the Early Neolithic economy and management of animals in Southern and Central Europe revealed using lipid residue analyses of pottery vessels

Salque, Mélanie; Radi, Giovanna; Tagliacozzo, Antonio; Uría, Beatriz Pino; Wolfram, Sabine; Hohle, Isabel; Stäuble, Harald; Hofmann, Daniela; Whittle, Alasdair; Pechtl, Joachim; Schade-Lindig, S.; Eisenhauer, Ursula; Evershed, Richard P.

doi:10.5252/az2012n2a4

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“…It has generally been assumed that European Neolithic populations began dairying-and therefore also consuming milk products-soon after the introduction of agriculture into the region. These ideas have been traditionally supported by a number of lines of archaeological evidence, particularly organic residue analysis of Neolithic pottery showing the presence of milk lipids (e.g., Copley et al 2003Copley et al , 2005aCraig et al 2005;Salque et al 2012Salque et al , 2013Cramp et al 2014a, b;Smyth and Evershed 2015), and zooarchaeological analyses and mortality profiling of domesticated fauna (e.g., Legge 2005;Mulville et al 2005;Vigne 2008;Greenfield and Arnold 2015). In almost all cases, these studies show that dairying was practised as soon as domesticated ruminants were available, i.e.…”

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New insights into Neolithic milk consumption through proteomic analysis of dental calculus

Charlton

Ramsøe

Collins

et al. 2019

Archaeol Anthropol Sci

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There has long been debate over the origins of dairy consumption within European populations. Whilst it was previously assumed that lactase persistence (LP) was under positive selection following the advent of agriculture, recent genetic studies of prehistoric human remains have revealed LP may have only emerged in Europe in the last 4000 years. These findings stand in contrast to organic residue analysis of Neolithic pottery indicating the utilisation of dairy products, and zooarchaeological mortality profiles consistent with dairying herds at Neolithic sites. The recent discovery of the milk protein β-lactoglobulin (BLG) within human dental calculus presents a new method via which to explore dairy product consumption in the archaeological past. Here, we apply shotgun proteomic analysis to dental calculus samples from three British Neolithic sites, revealing the earliest identification of BLG in human dental calculus to date. The presence of BLG peptides in individuals who are unlikely to possess LP provides new insight into dairying in the British Neolithic, suggesting the potential processing of milk by Neolithic populations to reduce the lactose content of dairy products.

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Section: Lactase Persistence and The Origins Of Milk Consumptionmentioning

confidence: 98%

New insights into Neolithic milk consumption through proteomic analysis of dental calculus

Charlton

Ramsøe

Collins

et al. 2019

Archaeol Anthropol Sci

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“…*Milk fats undetectable, †,‡ <30 and >30% of milk fats detected in sherds providing lipid residues, respectively. Data from 1 Copley et al , 2 Berstan et al , 3 Mirabaud et al , 4 Spangenberg et al , 5 Spangenberg et al , 6 Craig et al , 7 Salque et al , 8 Salque et al , 9 Šoberl et al , 10 Evershed et al , 11 Craig et al , 12 Gregg et al , and 13 Copley et al .…”

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Lactase is the enzyme that breaks down the milk sugar lactose, and in most mammals, including most humans, lactase activity is down-regulated after the weaning period is completed. However, in about 35% of adults worldwide, lactase continues to be expressed throughout adulthood, a feature termed lactase persistence (LP). Genetic evidence indicates that LP is a recent human adaptation, and its current geographic distribution correlates with the relative historical importance of dairying in different human populations. Investigating archaeological evidence for fresh milk consumption has proved crucial in building an account of the joint evolution of LP and dairying. A powerful technique for investigating food processing, including milk processing, in ancient populations is lipid residue analysis on archaeological pottery. We review here the archaeological and genetic evidence available that have contributed to a better understanding of the gene-culture co-evolution of LP and dairying. V C 2013 IUBMB Life, 65(12):983-990, 2013.

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“…Bogucki 1988;Marciniak 2005Marciniak , 2013a but other products such as cheese and milk were also important dietary components (e.g. Salque et al 2012;Evershed et al 2008). Sheep and goat were most often the second preferred species followed by pig.…”

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Animal husbandry in the Early and Middle Neolithic settlement at Kopydłowo in the Polish lowlands. A multi-isotope perspective

Marciniak

Evans

Henton

et al. 2017

Archaeol Anthropol Sci

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The aim of this article is to examine the isotopic characterisation of domestic animals as it relates to birthing location and seasonality, diet, pasturing pattern, foddering and climatic conditions of herding and to determine variation between these aspects of cattle and caprine husbandry of the Neolithic Linearbandkultur (LBK) and Trichterbecherkultur (TRB) communities from Kopydłowo in Kujavia-one of the major centres of early farming in the European lowlands. Carbon and nitrogen stable isotope analysis was undertaken on faunal bone collagen; carbon, oxygen and strontium isotope ratios were measured from tooth enamel. Isotopic signatures may have been caused by different strategies of management of herds of these animal species. Different and more widely distributed carbon, nitrogen and strontium isotopic data for TRB cattle in comparison with its LBK counterparts is indicative of the exploitation of increasingly diverse ecological zones and more varied pastoral practises. The distribution of oxygen isotope values on caprine tooth made it possible to recognise herding seasonality. Irrespective of the chronology, cattle, sheep and goats kept by the inhabitants had C 3 plantbased diet.

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New insights into the Early Neolithic economy and management of animals in Southern and Central Europe revealed using lipid residue analyses of pottery vessels

Cited by 55 publications

References 22 publications

New insights into Neolithic milk consumption through proteomic analysis of dental calculus

New insights into Neolithic milk consumption through proteomic analysis of dental calculus

How long have adult humans been consuming milk?

Animal husbandry in the Early and Middle Neolithic settlement at Kopydłowo in the Polish lowlands. A multi-isotope perspective

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