Free and bound fatty acid oxidation products in archaeological ceramic vessels

Abstract

Restricted accessMoreSectionsView PDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack Citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmail Cite this article Regert M., Bland H. A., Dudd S. N., Bergen P. F. V. and Evershed R. P. 1998Free and bound fatty acid oxidation products in archaeological ceramic vesselsProc. R. Soc. Lond. B.2652027–2032http://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.1998.0536SectionRestricted accessFree and bound fatty acid oxidation products in archaeological ceramic vessels M. Regert M. Regert Organic Geochemistry Unit, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock's Close, Bristol BS8 1TS, UK Google Scholar Find this author on PubMed Search for more papers by this author , H. A. Bland H. A. Bland Organic Geochemistry Unit, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock's Close, Bristol BS8 1TS, UK Google Scholar Find this author on PubMed Search for more papers by this author , S. N. Dudd S. N. Dudd Organic Geochemistry Unit, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock's Close, Bristol BS8 1TS, UK Google Scholar Find this author on PubMed Search for more papers by this author , P. F. V. Bergen P. F. V. Bergen Organic Geochemistry Unit, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock's Close, Bristol BS8 1TS, UK Google Scholar Find this author on PubMed Search for more papers by this author and R. P. Evershed R. P. Evershed Organic Geochemistry Unit, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock's Close, Bristol BS8 1TS, UK Google Scholar Find this author on PubMed Search for more papers by this author M. Regert M. Regert Organic Geochemistry Unit, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock's Close, Bristol BS8 1TS, UK Google Scholar Find this author on PubMed Search for more papers by this author , H. A. Bland H. A. Bland Organic Geochemistry Unit, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock's Close, Bristol BS8 1TS, UK Google Scholar Find this author on PubMed Search for more papers by this author , S. N. Dudd S. N. Dudd Organic Geochemistry Unit, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock's Close, Bristol BS8 1TS, UK Google Scholar Find this author on PubMed Search for more papers by this author , P. F. V. Bergen P. F. V. Bergen Organic Geochemistry Unit, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock's Close, Bristol BS8 1TS, UK Google Scholar Find this author on PubMed Search for more papers by this author and R. P. Evershed R. P. Evershed Organic Geochemistry Unit, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock's Close, Bristol BS8 1TS, UK Google Scholar Find this author on PubMed Search for more papers by this author Published:22 October 1998https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.1998.0536AbstractWhile oxidation products of unsaturated fatty acids, for example dicarboxylic acids (hereafter diacids), must form during the use of unglazed ceramic vessels for the processing of animal and plant products, such components have never been observed during studies of absorbed lipids. Their absence from the extractable lipid fraction is presumed to be the result of their loss from potsherds through groundwater leaching. Lipid oxidation products including short–chain dicarboxylic acids, ω–hydroxy acids and longer–chain hydroxy and dihydroxy acids have now been observed as components probably covalently bound into solvent insoluble residues of potsherds recovered from waterlogged deposits. These components were only revealed following alkaline treatment of the insoluble residues. A similar mixture of diacids was observed in high abundance in the free lipid fraction of vessels recovered from an exceptionally arid deposit where groundwater leaching would never have occurred. These results confirm the formation of oxidation and probable polymerization products of unsaturated fatty acids during vessel use and burial. Previous Article VIEW FULL TEXT DOWNLOAD PDF FiguresRelatedReferencesDetailsCited by Mayyas A, Douglas K, Al-Qudah M, Al-Ajlouny F and Kreshan D (2022) Lipid markers in archaeological pottery vessels excavated at Jneneh Site, in North-Central Jordan, Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 10.1016/j.jasrep.2022.103410, 43, (103410), Online publication date: 1-Jun-2022. Briggs L, Demesticha S, Katzev S, Wylde Swiny H, Craig O and Drieu L (2022) There’s more to a vessel than meets the eye: Organic residue analysis of ‘wine’ containers from shipwrecks and settlements of ancient Cyprus (4th–1st century bce ) , Archaeometry, 10.1111/arcm.12747, 64:3, (779-797), Online publication date: 1-Jun-2022. Chasan R, Klimscha F, Spiteri C and Rosenberg D (2022) Foodways of an agro-pastoral community: Organic residue analysis of pottery and stone vessels at Middle Chalcolithic Tel Tsaf, Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 10.1016/j.jasrep.2022.103491, 43, (103491), Online publication date: 1-Jun-2022. Junno A, Ono H, Hirasawa Y, Kato H, Jordan P, Amano T and Isaksson S (2022) Cultural adaptations and island ecology: Insights into changing patterns of pottery use in the Susuya, Okhotsk and Satsumon phases of the Kafukai sites, Rebun Island, Japan, Quaternary International, 10.1016/j.quaint.2021.12.001, 623, (19-34), Online publication date: 1-Jun-2022. Izzo F, Rigon C, Vázquez De Ágredos Pascual M, Campíns-Falcó P and van Keulen H (2021) Life after death: a physicochemical study of materials used by the ancient Maya in human bone ointments, Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 10.1007/s12520-021-01473-3, 14:1, Online publication date: 1-Jan-2022. Brychova V, Roffet-Salque M, Pavlu I, Kyselka J, Kyjakova P, Filip V, Ivo S and Evershed R (2021) Animal exploitation and pottery use during the early LBK phases of the Neolithic site of Bylany (Czech Republic) tracked through lipid residue analysis, Quaternary International, 10.1016/j.quaint.2020.10.045, 574, (91-101), Online publication date: 1-Feb-2021. Hertzog J, Fujii H, Babbi A, Lattuati-Derieux A and Schmitt-Kopplin P (2021) Chemical composition overview on two organic residues from the inner part of an archaeological bronze vessel from Cumae (Italy) by GC–MS and FTICR MS analyses, The European Physical Journal Plus, 10.1140/epjp/s13360-021-01627-1, 136:6, Online publication date: 1-Jun-2021. Robson H, Saul H, Steele V, Meadows J, Otto Nielsen P, Fischer A, Heron C and Craig O (2021) Organic residue analysis of Early Neolithic ‘bog pots’ from Denmark demonstrates the processing of wild and domestic foodstuffs, Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 10.1016/j.jasrep.2021.102829, 36, (102829), Online publication date: 1-Apr-2021. Rueff B, Debels P, Vargiolu R, Zahouani H and Procopiou H (2021) Reading ceramic surfaces: Characterisation of surface treatments towards functional identification of vases, Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 10.1016/j.jasrep.2021.103021, 38, (103021), Online publication date: 1-Aug-2021. Breu A, Gómez-Bach A, Heron C, Rosell-Melé A and Molist M (2021) Variation in pottery use across the Early Neolithic in the Barcelona plain, Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 10.1007/s12520-021-01296-2, 13:3, Online publication date: 1-Mar-2021. Vykukal R, Mavridis F and Tankosić Ž (2021) Lipid Analysis of Pottery from the Early Bronze Age II Burials at Ayia Triada Cave, Southern Euboea, Greece: Evidence for Ritualized Consumption?, Archaeometry, 10.1111/arcm.12672, 63:6, (1342-1362), Online publication date: 1-Dec-2021. Hammann S and Cramp L (2021) Ancient Foodomics: Analytical Strategies for Reconstruction of Palaeodiets and Implications for Human Health Comprehensive Foodomics, 10.1016/B978-0-08-100596-5.22795-9, (197-210), . Ge W, Liu L, Huang W, Tao S, Hou X, Yin X and Wu Y (2021) Neolithic bone meal with acorn: Analyses on crusts in pottery bowls from 7000 BP Hemudu, China, International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 10.1002/oa.3026, 31:6, (1138-1154), Online publication date: 1-Nov-2021. Bondetti M, González Carretero L, Dolbunova E, McGrath K, Presslee S, Lucquin A, Tsybriy V, Mazurkevich A, Tsybriy A, Jordan P, Heron C, Meadows J and Craig O (2021) Neolithic farmers or Neolithic foragers? Organic residue analysis of early pottery from Rakushechny Yar on the Lower Don (Russia), Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 10.1007/s12520-021-01412-2, 13:8, Online publication date: 1-Aug-2021. Vandenbeusch M, Stacey R and Antoine D (2021) Rediscovering Nestawedjat: Embalming residue analyses reunite the mummified remains of an ancient Egyptian woman with her coffins, Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 10.1016/j.jasrep.2021.103186, 40, (103186), Online publication date: 1-Dec-2021. Pozhidaev V, Azarov E, Babichenko N, Kashkarov P and Yatsishina E (2021) Biomarker for Identification of Fish Products in Residues on the Surface of Archaeological Ceramics, Nanobiotechnology Reports, 10.1134/S2635167621050207, 16:5, (663-667), Online publication date: 1-Sep-2021. Hammann S, Scurr D, Alexander M and Cramp L (2020) Mechanisms of lipid preservation in archaeological clay ceramics revealed by mass spectrometry imaging, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 10.1073/pnas.1922445117, 117:26, (14688-14693), Online publication date: 30-Jun-2020. Drieu L (2020) A pottery biography: considering the entire lifecycle of a pot in organic residue analysisBiographie d’une céramique : prendre en compte l’ensemble du cycle de vie d’un récipient lors de l’analyse des résidus organiques amorphes, ArchéoSciences, 10.4000/archeosciences.7595:44, (129-143), Online publication date: 31-Dec-2021. Pääkkönen M, Holmqvist E, Bläuer A, Evershed R and Asplund H (2019) Diverse Economic Patterns in the North Baltic Sea Region in the Late Neolithic and Early Metal Periods, European Journal of Archaeology, 10.1017/eaa.2019.39, 23:1, (4-21), Online publication date: 1-Feb-2020. Bondetti M, Scott S, Lucquin A, Meadows J, Lozovskaya O, Dolbunova E, Jordan P and Craig O (2020) Fruits, fish and the introduction of pottery in the Eastern European plain: Lipid residue analysis of ceramic vessels from Zamostje 2, Quaternary International, 10.1016/j.quaint.2019.05.008, 541, (104-114), Online publication date: 1-Mar-2020. Spiteri C, Belser M and Crispino A (2020) Preliminary results on content analysis of Early Bronze Age vessels from the site of Castelluccio, Noto, Sicily, Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 10.1016/j.jasrep.2020.102355, 31, (102355), Online publication date: 1-Jun-2020. Korf A, Hammann S, Schmid R, Froning M, Hayen H and Cramp L (2020) Digging deeper - A new data mining workflow for improved processing and interpretation of high resolution GC-Q-TOF MS data in archaeological research, Scientific Reports, 10.1038/s41598-019-57154-8, 10:1, Online publication date: 1-Dec-2020. Rigon C, Izzo F, Vázquez De Ágredos Pascual M, Campíns-Falcó P and Van Keulen H (2020) New results in ancient Maya rituals researches: The study of human painted bones fragments from Calakmul archaeological site (Mexico), Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 10.1016/j.jasrep.2020.102418, 32, (102418), Online publication date: 1-Aug-2020. Bondetti M, Lucquin A, Savel'ev N, Weber A, Craig O and Jordan P (2020) Resource processing, early pottery and the emergence of Kitoi culture in Cis-Baikal: Insights from lipid residue analysis of an Early Neolithic ceramic assemblage from the Gorelyi Les habitation site, Eastern Siberia, Archaeological Research in Asia, 10.1016/j.ara.2020.100225, 24, (100225), Online publication date: 1-Dec-2020. Cramp L, Ethier J, Urem-Kotsou D, Bonsall C, Borić D, Boroneanţ A, Evershed R, Perić S, Roffet-Salque M, Whelton H and Ivanova M (2019) Regional diversity in subsistence among early farmers in Southeast Europe revealed by archaeological organic residues, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 286:1894, Online publication date: 16-Jan-2019. Craig O, Saul H and Spiteri C (2019) Residue Analysis Archaeological Science, 10.1017/9781139013826.004, (70-98) Papakosta V, Oras E and Isaksson S (2019) Early pottery use across the Baltic – A comparative lipid residue study on Ertebølle and Narva ceramics from coastal hunter-gatherer sites in southern Scandinavia, northern Germany and Estonia, Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 10.1016/j.jasrep.2019.01.003, 24, (142-151), Online publication date: 1-Apr-2019. Taché K, Bondetti M, Lucquin A, Admiraal M and Craig O (2019) Something fishy in the Great Lakes? A reappraisal of early pottery use in north-eastern North America, Antiquity, 10.15184/aqy.2019.128, 93:371, (1339-1349), Online publication date: 1-Oct-2019. Carmody S, Kassabaum M, Hunt R, Prodanovich N, Elliott H and Russ J (2018) Residue analysis of smoking pipe fragments from the Feltus archaeological site, Southeastern North America, Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 10.1016/j.jasrep.2017.12.011, 17, (640-649), Online publication date: 1-Feb-2018. Smith R, Stacey R, Bergström E and Thomas-Oates J (2018) Detection of opium alkaloids in a Cypriot base-ring juglet, The Analyst, 10.1039/C8AN01040D, 143:21, (5127-5136) Urem-Kotsou D, Mitkidou S, Dimitrakoudi E, Kokkinos N and Ntinou M (2018) Following their tears: Production and use of plant exudates in the Neolithic of North Aegean and the Balkans, Quaternary International, 10.1016/j.quaint.2018.10.027, 496, (68-79), Online publication date: 1-Dec-2018. Bordes L, Fullagar R, Prinsloo L, Hayes E, Kozlikin M, Shunkov M, Derevianko A and Roberts R (2018) Raman spectroscopy of lipid micro-residues on Middle Palaeolithic stone tools from Denisova Cave, Siberia, Journal of Archaeological Science, 10.1016/j.jas.2018.05.001, 95, (52-63), Online publication date: 1-Jul-2018. Cappellini E, Prohaska A, Racimo F, Welker F, Pedersen M, Allentoft M, de Barros Damgaard P, Gutenbrunner P, Dunne J, Hammann S, Roffet-Salque M, Ilardo M, Moreno-Mayar J, Wang Y, Sikora M, Vinner L, Cox J, Evershed R and Willerslev E (2018) Ancient Biomolecules and Evolutionary Inference, Annual Review of Biochemistry, 10.1146/annurev-biochem-062917-012002, 87:1, (1029-1060), Online publication date: 20-Jun-2018. Mayyas A, Khrisat B, Hoffmann T and El Khalili M (2017) Fuel For Lamps: Organic Residues Preserved in Iron Age Lamps Excavated at the Site of Sahab in Jordan, Archaeometry, 10.1111/arcm.12288, 59:5, (934-948), Online publication date: 1-Oct-2017. Oras E, Higham T, Cramp L and Bull I (2017) Archaeological science and object biography: a Roman bronze lamp from Kavastu bog (Estonia), Antiquity, 10.15184/aqy.2016.247, 91:355, (124-138), Online publication date: 1-Feb-2017. Oras E, Vahur S, Isaksson S, Kaljurand I and Leito I (2017) MALDI-FT-ICR-MS for archaeological lipid residue analysis, Journal of Mass Spectrometry, 10.1002/jms.3974, 52:10, (689-700), Online publication date: 1-Oct-2017. Steele V and Stern B (2017) Red Lustrous Wheelmade ware: Analysis of organic residues in Late Bronze Age trade and storage vessels from the eastern Mediterranean, Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 10.1016/j.jasrep.2017.06.027, 16, (641-657), Online publication date: 1-Dec-2017. Lantos I, Orgaz M, Panarello H and Maier M (2017) Preliminary molecular evidence of feasting in the Inca site of Fuerte Quemado-Intihuatana, Catamarca, Argentina, Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 10.1016/j.jasrep.2017.06.031, 14, (580-590), Online publication date: 1-Aug-2017. Spiteri C, Muntoni I and Craig O (2017) Dietary Practices at the Onset of the Neolithic in the Western Mediterranean Revealed Using a Combined Biomarker and Isotopic Approach Times of Neolithic Transition along the Western Mediterranean, 10.1007/978-3-319-52939-4_10, (253-279), . Musaubach M and Berón M (2016) Food residues as indicators of processed plants in hunter-gatherers’ pottery from La Pampa (Argentina), Vegetation History and Archaeobotany, 10.1007/s00334-016-0581-z, 26:1, (111-123), Online publication date: 1-Jan-2017. Matlova V, Roffet-Salque M, Pavlu I, Kyselka J, Sedlarova I, Filip V and Evershed R (2017) Defining pottery use and animal management at the Neolithic site of Bylany (Czech Republic), Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 10.1016/j.jasrep.2017.05.028, 14, (262-274), Online publication date: 1-Aug-2017. Anderson S, Tushingham S and Buonasera T (2017) AQUATIC ADAPTATIONS AND THE ADOPTION OF ARCTIC POTTERY TECHNOLOGY: RESULTS OF RESIDUE ANALYSIS, American Antiquity, 10.1017/aaq.2017.8, 82:3, (452-479), Online publication date: 1-Jul-2017. di Lernia S, Bruni S, Cislaghi I, Cremaschi M, Gallinaro M, Gugliemi V, Mercuri A, Poggi G and Zerboni A (2015) Colour in context. Pigments and other coloured residues from the Early-Middle Holocene site of Takarkori (SW Libya), Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 10.1007/s12520-015-0229-4, 8:2, (381-402), Online publication date: 1-Jun-2016. Langlois J and Pagès-Camagna S (2016) Analyses organiques de baumes de momies provenant du site d’AntinoéOrganic analyses of mummy balms from the Antinoé site, Technè, 10.4000/techne.1034:44, (55-59), Online publication date: 1-Nov-2016. Buonasera T, Tremayne A, Darwent C, Eerkens J and Mason O (2015) Lipid biomarkers and compound specific δ13C analysis indicate early development of a dual-economic system for the Arctic Small Tool tradition in northern Alaska, Journal of Archaeological Science, 10.1016/j.jas.2015.05.011, 61, (129-138), Online publication date: 1-Sep-2015. Cramp L, Whelton H, Sharples N, Mulville J and Evershed R (2015) Contrasting Patterns of Resource Exploitation on the Outer Hebrides and Northern Isles of Scotland during the Late Iron Age and Norse Period Revealed through Organic Residues in Pottery, Journal of the North Atlantic, 10.3721/037.002.sp909, 901, (134-151), Online publication date: 1-Aug-2015. Manzano E, García A, Alarcón E, Cantarero S, Contreras F and Vílchez J (2015) An integrated multianalytical approach to the reconstruction of daily activities at the Bronze Age settlement in Peñalosa (Jaén, Spain), Microchemical Journal, 10.1016/j.microc.2015.04.021, 122, (127-136), Online publication date: 1-Sep-2015. Papakosta V, Smittenberg R, Gibbs K, Jordan P and Isaksson S (2015) Extraction and derivatization of absorbed lipid residues from very small and very old samples of ceramic potsherds for molecular analysis by gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC–MS) and single compound stable carbon isotope analysis by gas chromatography–combustion–isotope ratio mass spectrometry (GC–C–IRMS), Microchemical Journal, 10.1016/j.microc.2015.06.013, 123, (196-200), Online publication date: 1-Nov-2015. Nebbioso A, Vinci G, Drosos M, Spaccini R and Piccolo A (2015) Unveiling the molecular composition of the unextractable soil organic fraction (humin) by humeomics, Biology and Fertility of Soils, 10.1007/s00374-014-0991-y, 51:4, (443-451), Online publication date: 1-May-2015. Correa-Ascencio M and Evershed R (2014) High throughput screening of organic residues in archaeological potsherds using direct acidified methanol extraction, Analytical Methods, 10.1039/c3ay41678j, 6:5, (1330), . Gadot Y, Finkelstein I, Iserlis M, Maeir A, Nahshoni P and Namdar D (2014) Tracking Down Cult: Production, Function and Content of Chalices in Iron Age Philistia, Tel Aviv, 10.1179/0334435514Z.00000000031, 41:1, (55-76), Online publication date: 1-Jun-2014. March R, Lucquin A, Joly D, Ferreri J and Muhieddine M (2012) Processes of Formation and Alteration of Archaeological Fire Structures: Complexity Viewed in the Light of Experimental Approaches, Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, 10.1007/s10816-012-9134-7, 21:1, (1-45), Online publication date: 1-Mar-2014. Goldenberg L, Neumann R and Weiner S (2014) Microscale distribution and concentration of preserved organic molecules with carbon–carbon double bonds in archaeological ceramics: relevance to the field of residue analysis, Journal of Archaeological Science, 10.1016/j.jas.2013.11.025, 42, (509-518), Online publication date: 1-Feb-2014. Cramp L and Evershed R (2014) Reconstructing Aquatic Resource Exploitation in Human Prehistory Using Lipid Biomarkers and Stable Isotopes Treatise on Geochemistry, 10.1016/B978-0-08-095975-7.01225-0, (319-339), . Steele V (2013) Organic Residues in Archaeology: The Highs and Lows of Recent Research Archaeological Chemistry VIII, 10.1021/bk-2013-1147.ch005, (89-108), Online publication date: 1-Jan-2013. Craig O, Saul H, Lucquin A, Nishida Y, Taché K, Clarke L, Thompson A, Altoft D, Uchiyama J, Ajimoto M, Gibbs K, Isaksson S, Heron C and Jordan P (2013) Earliest evidence for the use of pottery, Nature, 10.1038/nature12109, 496:7445, (351-354), Online publication date: 1-Apr-2013. Scholz-Böttcher B, Nissenbaum A and Rullkötter J (2013) An 18th century medication “Mumia vera aegyptica” – Fake or authentic?, Organic Geochemistry, 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2013.09.011, 65, (1-18), Online publication date: 1-Dec-2013. Azemard C, de Lumley H, Khatib S, Saos T, Lebeau D, Aychet N and Lucas-Lamouroux C (2013) Étude des matières organiques du sol d’occupation acheuléen de l’unité archéostratigraphique UA 27 de la grotte du Lazaret, L'Anthropologie, 10.1016/j.anthro.2013.08.002, 117:4, (367-412), Online publication date: 1-Sep-2013. Baeten J, Jervis B, De Vos D and Waelkens M (2012) Molecular evidence for the mixing of Meat, Fish and Vegetables in Anglo-Saxon coarseware from Hamwic, UK, Archaeometry, 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2012.00731.x, 55:6, (1150-1174), Online publication date: 1-Dec-2013. Mayyas A, Stern B, Gillmore G, Coninghamd R and Nashli H (2017) Beeswax Preserved in a Late Chalcolithic Bevelled-Rim Bowl from the Tehran Plain, Iran, Iran, 10.1080/05786967.2012.11834710, 50:1, (13-25), Online publication date: 1-Jan-2012. Hedges R and McCullagh J (2012) Mass Spectrometry in Archaeology Mass Spectrometry Handbook, 10.1002/9781118180730.ch35, (763-795), Online publication date: 18-Apr-2012. Colombini M, Modugno F and Ribechini E (2012) Archaeometric Data from Mass Spectrometric Analysis of Organic Materials: Proteins, Lipids, Terpenoid Resins, Lignocellulosic Polymers, and Dyestuff Mass Spectrometry Handbook, 10.1002/9781118180730.ch36, (797-828), Online publication date: 18-Apr-2012. Garraty C (2011) The origins of pottery as a practical domestic technology: Evidence from the middle Queen Creek area, Arizona, Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, 10.1016/j.jaa.2011.03.001, 30:2, (220-234), Online publication date: 1-Jun-2011. Hansel F, Bull I and Evershed R (2011) Gas chromatographic mass spectrometric detection of dihydroxy fatty acids preserved in the ‘bound’ phase of organic residues of archaeological pottery vessels, Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 10.1002/rcm.5038, 25:13, (1893-1898), Online publication date: 15-Jul-2011. Namdar D, Zukerman A, Maeir A, Katz J, Cabanes D, Trueman C, Shahack-Gross R and Weiner S (2011) The 9th century BCE destruction layer at Tell es-Safi/Gath, Israel: integrating macro- and microarchaeology, Journal of Archaeological Science, 10.1016/j.jas.2011.08.009, 38:12, (3471-3482), Online publication date: 1-Dec-2011. Regert M (2010) Analytical strategies for discriminating archeological fatty substances from animal origin, Mass Spectrometry Reviews, 10.1002/mas.20271, 30:2, (177-220), Online publication date: 1-Mar-2011. (2011) Degradation of Ancient Biomolecules Biomolecular Archaeology, 10.1002/9781444392449.ch8, (115-135) Baeten J, Romanus K, Degryse P, De Clercq W, Poelman H, Verbeke K, Luypaerts A, Walton M, Jacobs P, De Vos D and Waelkens M (2010) Application of a multi-analytical toolset to a 16th century ointment: Identification as lead plaster mixed with beeswax, Microchemical Journal, 10.1016/j.microc.2009.12.005, 95:2, (227-234), Online publication date: 1-Jul-2010. Steele V, Stern B and Stott A (2010) Olive oil or lard?: Distinguishing plant oils from animal fats in the archeological record of the eastern Mediterranean using gas chromatography/combustion/isotope ratio mass spectrometry, Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 10.1002/rcm.4790, 24:23, (3478-3484), Online publication date: 15-Dec-2010. Giorgi G, Salvini L and Pecci A (2010) The meals in a Tuscan building yard during the Middle Age. Characterization of organic residues in ceramic potsherds, Journal of Archaeological Science, 10.1016/j.jas.2010.01.005, 37:7, (1453-1457), Online publication date: 1-Jul-2010. MATHE C, ARCHIER P, NEHME L and VIEILLESCAZES C (2009) THE STUDY OF NABATAEAN ORGANIC RESIDUES FROM MADÂ’IN SÂLIH, ANCIENT HEGRA , BY GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY - MASS SPECTROMETRY , Archaeometry, 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2008.00417.x, 51:4, (626-636), Online publication date: 1-Aug-2009. Namdar D, Stacey R and Simpson S (2009) First results on thermally induced porosity in chlorite cooking vessels from Merv (Turkmenistan) and implications for the formation and preservation of archaeological lipid residues, Journal of Archaeological Science, 10.1016/j.jas.2009.07.003, 36:11, (2507-2516), Online publication date: 1-Nov-2009. Hansel F and Evershed R (2009) Formation of dihydroxy acids from Z-monounsaturated alkenoic acids and their use as biomarkers for the processing of marine commodities in archaeological pottery vessels, Tetrahedron Letters, 10.1016/j.tetlet.2009.06.114, 50:40, (5562-5564), Online publication date: 1-Oct-2009. KEDROWSKI B, CRASS B, BEHM J, LUETKE J, NICHOLS A, MORECK A and HOLMES C (2009) GC/MS ANALYSIS OF FATTY ACIDS FROM ANCIENT HEARTH RESIDUES AT THE SWAN POINT ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE, Archaeometry, 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2008.00384.x, 51:1, (110-122), Online publication date: 1-Jan-2009. Evershed R (2008) Experimental approaches to the interpretation of absorbed organic residues in archaeological ceramics, World Archaeology, 10.1080/00438240801889373, 40:1, (26-47), Online publication date: 1-Mar-2008. Ribechini E, Modugno F and Colombini M (2008) Direct exposure-(chemical ionisation)mass spectrometry for a rapid characterization of raw and archaeological diterpenoid resinous materials, Microchimica Acta, 10.1007/s00604-007-0914-9, 162:3-4, (405-413), Online publication date: 1-Aug-2008. Hansel F, Aoki C, Maia C, Cunha A and Dedecek R (2008) Comparison of two alkaline treatments in the extraction of organic compounds associated with water repellency in soil under Pinus taeda, Geoderma, 10.1016/j.geoderma.2008.10.002, 148:2, (167-172), Online publication date: 1-Dec-2008. EVERSHED R, COPLEY M, DICKSON L and HANSEL F (2008) EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE FOR THE PROCESSING OF MARINE ANIMAL PRODUCTS AND OTHER COMMODITIES CONTAINING POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS IN POTTERY VESSELS*, Archaeometry, 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2007.00368.x, 50:1, (101-113) EVERSHED R (2008) ORGANIC RESIDUE ANALYSIS IN ARCHAEOLOGY: THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL BIOMARKER REVOLUTION*, Archaeometry, 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2008.00446.x, 50:6, (895-924), Online publication date: 1-Dec-2008. Mukherjee A, Gibson A and Evershed R (2008) Trends in pig product processing at British Neolithic Grooved Ware sites traced through organic residues in potsherds, Journal of Archaeological Science, 10.1016/j.jas.2008.01.010, 35:7, (2059-2073), Online publication date: 1-Jul-2008. Romanus K, Van Neer W, Marinova E, Verbeke K, Luypaerts A, Accardo S, Hermans I, Jacobs P, De Vos D and Waelkens M (2007) Brassicaceae seed oil identified as illuminant in Nilotic shells from a first millennium AD Coptic church in Bawit, Egypt, Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 10.1007/s00216-007-1704-2, 390:2, (783-793), Online publication date: 1-Jan-2008. Buonasera T (2007) Investigating the presence of ancient absorbed organic residues in groundstone using GC–MS and other analytical techniques: a residue study of several prehistoric milling tools from central California, Journal of Archaeological Science, 10.1016/j.jas.2006.10.028, 34:9, (1379-1390), Online publication date: 1-Sep-2007. Peris-Vicente J, Garrido-Medina R, Simó-Alfonso E, Gimeno-Adelantado J and Doménech-Carbó M (2007) Infusion mass spectrometry as a fingerprint to characterize varnishes in oil pictorial artworks, Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 10.1002/rcm.2913, 21:6, (851-856), Online publication date: 30-Mar-2007. Fezzey S and Armitage R (2006) Pyrolysis GC–MS and THM-GC–MS studies of a black coating from Little Lost River Cave, Idaho, Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, 10.1016/j.jaap.2006.02.005, 77:2, (102-110), Online publication date: 1-Oct-2006. Colombini M, Giachi G, Modugno F and Ribechini E (2005) Characterisation of organic residues in pottery vessels of the Roman age from Antinoe (Egypt), Microchemical Journal, 10.1016/j.microc.2004.05.004, 79:1-2, (83-90), Online publication date: 1-Jan-2005. Copley M, Berstan R, Mukherjee A, Dudd S, Straker V, Payne S and Evershed R (2005) Dairying in antiquity. III. Evidence from absorbed lipid residues dating to the British Neolithic, Journal of Archaeological Science, 10.1016/j.jas.2004.08.006, 32:4, (523-546), Online publication date: 1-Apr-2005. Copley M, Bland H, Rose P, Horton M and Evershed R (2005) Gas chromatographic, mass spectrometric and stable carbon isotopic investigations of organic residues of plant oils and animal fats employed as illuminants in archaeological lamps from Egypt, The Analyst, 10.1039/b500403a, 130:6, (860), . Craig O, Taylor G, Mulville J, Collins M and Parker Pearson M (2005) The identification of prehistoric dairying activities in the Western Isles of Scotland: an integrated biomolecular approach, Journal of Archaeological Science, 10.1016/j.jas.2004.06.009, 32:1, (91-103), Online publication date: 1-Jan-2005. Colombini M, Modugno F and Ribechini E (2005) Organic mass spectrometry in archaeology: evidence forBrassicaceae seed oil in Egyptian ceramic lamps, Journal of Mass Spectrometry, 10.1002/jms.865, 40:7, (890-898), Online publication date: 1-Jul-2005. Nierop K, Naafs D and van Bergen P (2005) Origin, occurrence and fate of extractable lipids in Dutch coastal dune soils along a pH gradient, Organic Geochemistry, 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2004.11.003, 36:4, (555-566), Online publication date: 1-Apr-2005. Reber E and Evershed R (2004) How Did Mississippians Prepare Maize? The Application of Compound-Specific Carbon Isotope Analysis to Absorbed Pottery Residues From Several Mississippi Valley Sites, Archaeometry, 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2004.00141.x, 46:1, (19-33), Online publication date: 1-Feb-2004. Craig O, Love G, Isaksson S, Taylor G and Snape C (2004) Stable carbon isotopic characterisation of free and bound lipid constituents of archaeological ceramic vessels released by solvent extraction, alkaline hydrolysis and catalytic hydropyrolysis, Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, 10.1016/j.jaap.2003.09.001, 71:2, (613-634), Online publication date: 1-Jun-2004. Reber E and Evershed R (2004) Identification of maize in absorbed organic residues: a cautionary tale, Journal of Archaeological Science, 10.1016/j.jas.2003.09.008, 31:4, (399-410), Online publication date: 1-Apr-2004. Naafs D, Van Bergen P, De Jong M, Oonincx A and De Leeuw J (2004) Total lipid extracts from characteristic soil horizons in a podzol profile, European Journal of Soil Science, 10.1111/j.1365-2389.2004.00633.x, 55:4, (657-669), Online publication date: 1-Dec-2004. Naafs D, van Bergen P, Boogert S and de Leeuw J (2004) Solvent-extractable lipids in an acid andic forest soil; variations with depth and season, Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 10.1016/j.soilbio.2003.10.005, 36:2, (297-308), Online publication date: 1-Feb-2004. Hansel F, Copley M, Madureira L and Evershed R (2004) Thermally produced ω-(o-alkylphenyl)alkanoic acids provide evidence for the processing of marine products in archaeological pottery vessels, Tetrahedron Letters, 10.1016/j.tetlet.2004.01.111, 45:14, (2999-3002), Online publication date: 1-Mar-2004. Peters K, Walters C and Moldowan J (2010) The Biomarker Guide Regert M, Garnier N, Decavallas O, Cren-Oliv C and Rolando C (2003) Structural characterization of lipid constituents from natural substances preserved in archaeological environments, Measurement Science and Technology, 10.1088/0957-0233/14/9/313, 14:9, (1620-1630), Online publication date: 1-Sep-2003. Nierop K, Naafs D and Verstraten J (2003) Occurrence and distribution of ester-bound lipids in Dutch coastal dune soils along a pH gradient, Organic Geochemistry, 10.1016/S0146-6380(03)00042-1, 34:6, (719-729), Online publication date: 1-Jun-2003. Evershed R, Dudd S, Copley M, Berstan R, Stott A, Mottram H, Buckley S and Crossman Z (2002) Chemistry of Archaeological Animal Fats, Accounts of Chemical Research, 10.1021/ar000200f, 35:8, (660-668), Online publication date: 1-Aug-2002. Naafs D and van Bergen P (2002) A qualitative study on the chemical composition of ester-bound moieties in an acidic andosolic forest soil, Organic Geochemistry, 10.1016/S0146-6380(01)00151-6, 33:3, (189-199), Online publication date: 1-Mar-2002. Naafs D and van Bergen P (2002) Effects of pH adjustments after base hydrolysis: implications for understanding organic matter in soils, Geoderma, 10.1016/S0016-7061(01)00124-0, 106:3-4, (191-217), Online publication date: 1-Apr-2002. STERN B, HERON C, SERPICO M and BOURRIAU J (2000) A COMPARISON OF METHODS FOR ESTABLISHING FATTY ACID CONCENTRATION GRADIENTS ACROSS POTSHERDS: A CASE STUDY USING LATE BRONZE AGE CANAANITE AMPHORAE, Archaeometry, 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2000.tb00890.x, 42:2, (399-414), Online publication date: 1-Aug-2000. Reber E (2021) Comparison of Neutral Compound Extraction from Archaeological Residues in Pottery Using Two Methodologies: A Preliminary Study, Separations, 10.3390/separations8010006, 8:1, (6) BAMYACI A (2019) KALKOLİTİK GÜLPINAR ÖĞÜTME TAŞLARININ KALINTI ANALİZLERİ, Elektronik Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, 10.17755/esosder.394134 Šoberl L, Horvat M, Žibrat Gašparič A, Sraka M, Evershed R and Budja M (2014) Neolithic and Eneolithic activities inferred from organic residue analysis of pottery from Mala Triglavca, Moverna vas and Ajdovska jama, Slovenia, Documenta Praehistorica, 10.4312/dp.41.9, 41, (149-179) Green E and Speller C (2017) Novel Substrates as Sources of Ancient DNA: Prospects and Hurdles, Genes, 10.3390/genes8070180, 8:7, (180) Koh A and Birney K (2019) Ancient Organic Residues as Cultural and Environmental Proxies: The Value of Legacy Objects, Sustainability, 10.3390/su11030656, 11:3, (656) Budja M (2014) Neolithic pottery and the biomolecular archaeology of lipids, Documenta Praehistorica, 10.4312/dp.41.11, 41, (196-224) Irto A, Micalizzi G, Bretti C, Chiaia V, Mondello L and Cardiano P (2022) Lipids in Archaeological Pottery: A Review on Their Sampling and Extraction Techniques, Molecules, 10.3390/molecules27113451, 27:11, (3451) Filopoulou A, Vlachou S and Boyatzis S (2021) Fatty Acids and Their Metal Salts: A Review of Their Infrared Spectra in Light of Their Presence in Cultural Heritage, Molecules, 10.3390/molecules26196005, 26:19, (6005) Koupadi K, Boyatzis S, Roumpou M, Kalogeropoulos N and Kotzamani D (2021) Organic Remains in Early Christian Egyptian Metal Vessels: Investigation with Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy and Gas Chromatography–Mass Spectrometry, Heritage, 10.3390/heritage4040199, 4:4, (3611-3629) This Issue22 October 1998Volume 265Issue 1409 Article InformationDOI:https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.1998.0536Published by:Royal SocietyPrint ISSN:0962-8452Online ISSN:1471-2954History: Published online22/10/1998Published in print22/10/1998 License: Citations and impact Keywordslipidsceramicshydroxyacidsorganic residuesdicarboxylic acidsalkaline treatment Large datasets are available through Proceedings B's partnership with Dryad