TY  - JOUR
AU  - Stojanovski, Darko
AU  - Živaljević, Ivana
AU  - Dimitrijević, Vesna
AU  - Dunne, Julie
AU  - Evershed, Richard P.
AU  - Balasse, Marie
AU  - Dowle, Adam
AU  - Hendy, Jessica
AU  - McGrath, Krista
AU  - Fischer, Roman
AU  - Speller, Camilla
AU  - Jovanović, Jelena
AU  - Casanova, Emmanuelle
AU  - Knowles, Timothy
AU  - Balj, Lidija
AU  - Naumov, Goce
AU  - Putica, Andelka
AU  - Starović, Andrej
AU  - Stefanović, Sofija
PY  - 2020
UR  - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/3189
AB  - The application of biomolecular techniques to archaeological materials from the Balkans is providing valuable new information on the prehistory of the region. This is especially relevant for the study of the neolithisation process in SE Europe, which gradually affected the rest of the continent. Here, to answer questions regarding diet and subsistence practices in early farming societies in the central Balkans, we combine organic residue analyses of archaeological pottery, taxonomic and isotopic study of domestic animal remains and biomolecular analyses of human dental calculus. The results from the analyses of the lipid residues from pottery suggest that milk was processed in ceramic vessels. Dairy products were shown to be part of the subsistence strategies of the earliest Neolithic communities in the region but were of varying importance in different areas of the Balkan. Conversely, milk proteins were not detected within the dental calculus. The molecular and isotopic identification of meat, dairy, plants and beeswax in the pottery lipids also provided insights into the diversity of diet in these early Neolithic communities, mainly based on terrestrial resources. We also present the first compound-specific radiocarbon dates for the region, obtained directly from absorbed organic residues extracted from pottery, identified as dairy lipids.
PB  - Public Library Science, San Francisco
T2  - PLoS One
T1  - Living off the land: Terrestrial-based diet and dairying in the farming communities of the Neolithic Balkans
IS  - 8
VL  - 15
DO  - 10.1371/journal.pone.0237608
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Stojanovski, Darko and Živaljević, Ivana and Dimitrijević, Vesna and Dunne, Julie and Evershed, Richard P. and Balasse, Marie and Dowle, Adam and Hendy, Jessica and McGrath, Krista and Fischer, Roman and Speller, Camilla and Jovanović, Jelena and Casanova, Emmanuelle and Knowles, Timothy and Balj, Lidija and Naumov, Goce and Putica, Andelka and Starović, Andrej and Stefanović, Sofija",
year = "2020",
abstract = "The application of biomolecular techniques to archaeological materials from the Balkans is providing valuable new information on the prehistory of the region. This is especially relevant for the study of the neolithisation process in SE Europe, which gradually affected the rest of the continent. Here, to answer questions regarding diet and subsistence practices in early farming societies in the central Balkans, we combine organic residue analyses of archaeological pottery, taxonomic and isotopic study of domestic animal remains and biomolecular analyses of human dental calculus. The results from the analyses of the lipid residues from pottery suggest that milk was processed in ceramic vessels. Dairy products were shown to be part of the subsistence strategies of the earliest Neolithic communities in the region but were of varying importance in different areas of the Balkan. Conversely, milk proteins were not detected within the dental calculus. The molecular and isotopic identification of meat, dairy, plants and beeswax in the pottery lipids also provided insights into the diversity of diet in these early Neolithic communities, mainly based on terrestrial resources. We also present the first compound-specific radiocarbon dates for the region, obtained directly from absorbed organic residues extracted from pottery, identified as dairy lipids.",
publisher = "Public Library Science, San Francisco",
journal = "PLoS One",
title = "Living off the land: Terrestrial-based diet and dairying in the farming communities of the Neolithic Balkans",
number = "8",
volume = "15",
doi = "10.1371/journal.pone.0237608"
}

Stojanovski, D., Živaljević, I., Dimitrijević, V., Dunne, J., Evershed, R. P., Balasse, M., Dowle, A., Hendy, J., McGrath, K., Fischer, R., Speller, C., Jovanović, J., Casanova, E., Knowles, T., Balj, L., Naumov, G., Putica, A., Starović, A.,& Stefanović, S.. (2020). Living off the land: Terrestrial-based diet and dairying in the farming communities of the Neolithic Balkans. in PLoS One
Public Library Science, San Francisco., 15(8).
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0237608

Stojanovski D, Živaljević I, Dimitrijević V, Dunne J, Evershed RP, Balasse M, Dowle A, Hendy J, McGrath K, Fischer R, Speller C, Jovanović J, Casanova E, Knowles T, Balj L, Naumov G, Putica A, Starović A, Stefanović S. Living off the land: Terrestrial-based diet and dairying in the farming communities of the Neolithic Balkans. in PLoS One. 2020;15(8).
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0237608 .

Stojanovski, Darko, Živaljević, Ivana, Dimitrijević, Vesna, Dunne, Julie, Evershed, Richard P., Balasse, Marie, Dowle, Adam, Hendy, Jessica, McGrath, Krista, Fischer, Roman, Speller, Camilla, Jovanović, Jelena, Casanova, Emmanuelle, Knowles, Timothy, Balj, Lidija, Naumov, Goce, Putica, Andelka, Starović, Andrej, Stefanović, Sofija, "Living off the land: Terrestrial-based diet and dairying in the farming communities of the Neolithic Balkans" in PLoS One, 15, no. 8 (2020),
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0237608 . .