Earliest evidence for cheese making in the sixth millennium bc in northern Europe

Mélanie Salque, Peter I. Bogucki, Joanna Pyzel, Iwona Sobkowiak-Tabaka, Ryszard Grygiel, Marzena Szmyt and Richard P. Evershed ()
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Mélanie Salque: Organic Geochemistry Unit, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock’s Close, Bristol BS8 1TS, UK
Peter I. Bogucki: School of Engineering and Applied Science, Princeton University, C-207 Engineering Quad, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
Joanna Pyzel: Institute of Archaeology, University of Gdańsk, ul. Bielańska 5, 80-851 Gdańsk, Poland
Iwona Sobkowiak-Tabaka: Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology Polish Academy of Sciences, Centre for Prehistoric and Medieval Research, ul. Rubież 46, 61-612 Poznań, Poland
Ryszard Grygiel: Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography in Łódź, Plac Wolności 14, 91-415 Łódź, Poland
Marzena Szmyt: Poznań Archaeological Museum, Pałac Górków, ul. Wodna 27, 61-781 Poznań, Poland
Richard P. Evershed: Organic Geochemistry Unit, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock’s Close, Bristol BS8 1TS, UK

Nature, 2013, vol. 493, issue 7433, 522-525

Abstract: Biomarker and stable isotopic analysis of lipid residues from perforated pottery vessels from sixth millennium bc Europe are consistent with these vessels having been used for making cheese, a low-lactose dairy product with digestion and storage advantages for the prehistoric lactose-intolerant farming communities.

Date: 2013
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