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Bulk Stable Isotope Analyses of 14C Dated Carbonized Crusts on the Earliest Potteries of Northeastern Europe

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 April 2019

Teemu Mökkönen  and
Kerkko Nordqvist
Teemu Mökkönen*
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
Kerkko Nordqvist
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
*
*Corresponding author. Email: teemu.mokkonen@gmail.com.
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Abstract

This paper presents bulk stable isotope (δ13C, δ15N, C/N ratio) measurements of 14C dated carbonized crusts on 6th and 5th millennium cal BC pottery from Finland and northwestern Russia. Based on this data, it explores the differences in the origins of crusts attached on the inner and outer surfaces of vessels, and the changes in dietary practices and pottery use. It is argued that during the earliest phase of pottery use, mostly terrestrial ingredients were processed in the vessels, and aquatic resources became visible centuries later during the 5th millennium cal BC.

Keywords

AMS 14C datingbulk stable isotopesfoodcrustsNeolithicnortheastern Europepottery
Type
Research Article
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Radiocarbon , Volume 61 , Issue 3 , June 2019 , pp. 817 - 830
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© 2019 by the Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of the University of Arizona 

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