Journal
ANTIQUITY
Volume 81, Issue 313, Pages 743-754Publisher
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00095703
Keywords
Neolithic; Britain; archaeological chemistry; fatty acids; Grooved Ware; pigs; residues; ruminants; TAGs
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By extracting lipids from potsherds and determining the delta C-13 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.
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