A call for caution in the analysis of lipids and other small biomolecules from archaeological contexts

HL Whelton, S Hammann, LJE Cramp, J Dunne… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
The analysis of lipids and other biomolecules preserved in archaeological artefacts, using
chromatographic and mass spectrometric techniques, is a powerful approach, which has …

[HTML][HTML] The use of early pottery by hunter-gatherers of the Eastern European forest-steppe

B Courel, J Meadows, LG Carretero, A Lucquin… - Quaternary Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Eastern European steppe and forest-steppe is a key region for understanding
the emergence of pottery in Europe. The vast region encompasses the basins of two major …

Interpreting ancient food practices: stable isotope and molecular analyses of visible and absorbed residues from a year-long cooking experiment

MJ Miller, HL Whelton, JA Swift, S Maline… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Chemical analyses of carbonized and absorbed organic residues from archaeological
ceramic cooking vessels can provide a unique window into the culinary cultures of ancient …

Influence of mineral composition and firing temperature on the micro-and mesoporosity of replicate archaeological ceramics

JMC Cayme, R Palm, P Somelar, S Vahur… - Clays and clay …, 2024 - cambridge.org
The role of micro-and mesopores of archaeological ceramics in preserving ancient
biomolecules is not well established. To understand the formation of these nano-sized pores …

Foodstuffs and organic products in ancient SE Arabia: preliminary results of ceramic lipid residue analysis of vessels from Hili 8 and Hili North Tomb A, al Ain, United …

A Suryanarayan, S Méry, A Mazuy… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - hal.science
Exchange networks in the Bronze Age between SE Arabia, Mesopotamia, SE Iran, SW
Pakistan and the Indus Valley moved a variety of raw and finished products, especially …

Foodways of an agro-pastoral community: Organic residue analysis of pottery and stone vessels at Middle Chalcolithic Tel Tsaf

R Chasan, F Klimscha, C Spiteri… - Journal of Archaeological …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Tel Tsaf is a Middle Chalcolithic (ca. 5200–4700 cal BC) site located in the central
Jordan Valley, Israel. The site reflects increasing long-distance trade, organized cereal crop …

Microcomputed tomography for discriminating between different forming techniques in ancient pottery: New segmentation method and pore distribution recognition

VL Coli, L Gomart, DF Pisani, S Cohen… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Microcomputed tomography is a valuable tool for studying ancient ceramics technology.
Analysing pottery 3‐D images is a challenging issue, the data being extremely noisy and …

Organic residues analysis (ORA) in archaeology

S Polla, A Springer - Handbook of cultural heritage analysis, 2022 - Springer
This chapter will provide an overview on the state of the art of the current practice and
methodology of the analysis of the organic residues (ORA) in archaeology. By considering …

Domestic food practice and vessel‐use at Salūt‐ST1, central Oman, during the Umm an‐Nar period

A Suryanarayan, M Degli Esposti… - Arabian Archaeology …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Investigations into everyday food practices during the Umm an‐Nar period (c. 2700–2000
bc) in the Oman Peninsula are limited. We studied lipid residues in pottery from Salūt‐ST1 …

Testing sample selection criteria and loss of biomarkers during cleaning of archaeological unglazed pottery to maximize organic residue quantities

G Janzen, J Formberg, A Braun, S Hammann… - …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
As the number of studies in organic residue analysis (ORA) of ancient pottery—a sensitive
but as of today also a destructive method—increases, archaeologists are interested in …