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Direct Demonstration of Milk as an Element of Archaeological Economies
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The stable carbon isotope (δ 13 C) compositions of individual fatty acid components of remnant fats preserved in archaeological pottery vessels show that dairying was a component of archaeological economies. Characteristic δ 13 C values arise from biases in the biosynthetic origins of the C 18:0 fatty acids in milk and adipose fat. Milk and adipose fat from animals raised on similar pastures and fodders have distinct isotopic signatures.
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- Authors
- Dudd, S. N., & Evershed, R. P.
- Venue
- Science
- Published
- 1998-11-20
- Volume
- 282
- Issue
- 5393
- Pages
- 1478-1481
- ISSN
- 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
- 1095-9203
- OpenAlex
- W2083514735
- Cited by
- 358
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 4.90
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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