Direct Demonstration of Milk as an Element of Archaeological Economies

著者: Stephanie N. Dudd, Richard P. Evershed - Science 1998 被引用: 351

The stable carbon isotope (delta13C) compositions of individual fatty acid components of remnant fats preserved in archaeological pottery vessels show that dairying was a component of archaeological economies. Characteristic delta13C values arise from biases in the biosynthetic origins of the C18:0 fatty acids in milk and adipose fat. Milk and adipose fat from animals raised on similar pastures and fodders have distinct isotopic signatures.