Diversified pottery use across 5th and 4th millennium cal BC Neolithic coastal communities along the Strait of Gibraltar
Breu Barcons, Adrià (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Prehistòria)
Vijande-Vila, Eduardo (University of Cádiz)
Cantillo-Duarte, Jesús (University of Cádiz)
Comes, Pau (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals)
Heron, Carl (The British Museum)
Villanueva, Joan (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals)
Ramos-Muñóz, José (Universidad de Cádiz)

Date:	2023
Abstract:	The region around the Strait of Gibraltar offered Neolithic societies a bridge connecting Iberia and North Africa. Using the sea for access to additional resources, Neolithic groups in the area developed close links with this territory as evidenced by its burial rites and storage practices. Nonetheless, the role pottery and its contents may have had in the labour activities of these groups is not well understood. In light of research in neighbouring regions, this study presents an initial analysis using an acidified methanol extraction of 29 pottery vessels from four Neolithic sites (Benzú Cave, Campo de Hockey, SET Parralejos and La Esparragosa) selected with the aim of assessing its potential for organic residue analysis at the point of confluence between southern Iberian and North African historic dynamics. The presence of appreciable lipid residues in 79% of the studied samples and the high variety in the results, including animal fats, dairy products, plant resins and two previously unreported residue types, support further research in the region.
Grants:	Agencia Estatal de Investigación HAR2017-87324-P Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca 2017/SGR-1302
Note:	Unidad de excelencia María de Maeztu CEX2019-000940-M
Note:	Altres ajuts: acords transformatius de la UAB
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject:	Neolithic ; Organic residue analysis ; Pottery use ; Strait of Gibraltar
Published in:	Archaeological and anthropological sciences, Vol. 15 (April 2023) , art. 51, ISSN 1866-9565
Related work:	Breu-Barcons, Adrià; Vijande-Vila, Eduardo; [et al.]. «Correction to : Diversified pottery use across 5th and 4th millennium cal BC Neolithic coastal communities along the Strait of Gibraltar». Archaeological and anthropological sciences, Vol. 16 (November 2024), art. 203 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12520-024-02113-2

Correcció de l'article: https://ddd.uab.cat/record/305798
DOI: 10.1007/s12520-023-01751-2
PMID: 39583851

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