Resinous deposits in Early Neolithic pottery vessels from the northeast of the Iberian Peninsula
The use of resinous substances, certainly one of the earliest technologies developed by humans, was well-known by Holocene hunter-gatherers at the onset of the Neolithisation process across Europe. Recent research has revealed the use of birch bark tar in the central Mediterranean far from this taxo...
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Resinous deposits in Early Neolithic pottery vessels from the northeast of the Iberian Peninsula |
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Resinous deposits in Early Neolithic pottery vessels from the northeast of the Iberian Peninsula |
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Resinous deposits in Early Neolithic pottery vessels from the northeast of the Iberian Peninsula Breu, Adriá Early Neolithic Pinaceae resin Organic residue analysis Iberian Peninsula |
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Resinous deposits in Early Neolithic pottery vessels from the northeast of the Iberian Peninsula |
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Resinous deposits in Early Neolithic pottery vessels from the northeast of the Iberian Peninsula |
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Resinous deposits in Early Neolithic pottery vessels from the northeast of the Iberian Peninsula |
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Breu, Adriá Rosell-Melé, Antoni Heron, Carl Antolín, Ferran Borrell, Ferran Edo, Manel Fontanals, Marta Molist, Miquel Moraleda, Núria Oms, Francesc Xavier Tornero, Carles Vergès, Josep María Oriol, Vicente Bach-Gómez, Anna |
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Breu, Adriá Rosell-Melé, Antoni Heron, Carl Antolín, Ferran Borrell, Ferran Edo, Manel Fontanals, Marta Molist, Miquel Moraleda, Núria Oms, Francesc Xavier Tornero, Carles Vergès, Josep María Oriol, Vicente Bach-Gómez, Anna |
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Rosell-Melé, Antoni Heron, Carl Antolín, Ferran Borrell, Ferran Edo, Manel Fontanals, Marta Molist, Miquel Moraleda, Núria Oms, Francesc Xavier Tornero, Carles Vergès, Josep María Oriol, Vicente Bach-Gómez, Anna |
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Early Neolithic Pinaceae resin Organic residue analysis Iberian Peninsula |
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Early Neolithic Pinaceae resin Organic residue analysis Iberian Peninsula |
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The use of resinous substances, certainly one of the earliest technologies developed by humans, was well-known by Holocene hunter-gatherers at the onset of the Neolithisation process across Europe. Recent research has revealed the use of birch bark tar in the central Mediterranean far from this taxon's endemic regions both in the Paleolithic and Neolithic periods and shows that the first farmers from the Fertile Crescent hafted lithic tools and waterproofed artefacts using bitumen. The generalised absence of these natural products in south-western Europe may have thus forced a reformulation of Early Neolithic technologies by exploring and benefitting from existing knowledge in local European hunter-gatherer societies. However, information on resin use from the western Mediterranean is still scarce. Here, we report on the analysis of organic residues from 168 pottery sherds by gas chromatography and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry from 10 archaeological sites in this region dating from the second half of the VI millennium to the first half of the V millennium cal BC. In a limited number of samples, minor amounts of several diterpenoids diagnostic of aged Pinaceae resins were detected as mixtures with fats. The presence of pine in the palynological and carpological record supports the human exploitation of this taxon, but its minimal incidence in the anthracological record suggests that other species were selected as fuelwood. This supports the hypothesis that Pinaceae resins were used in association with pottery sporadically but ubiquitously either as its contents, or as post-firing treatments to waterproof the vessels. This demonstrates the development of adhesive technologies and resin-involved labour processes specific to Early Neolithic societies. |
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Resinous deposits in Early Neolithic pottery vessels from the northeast of the Iberian PeninsulaBreu, AdriáRosell-Melé, AntoniHeron, CarlAntolín, FerranBorrell, FerranEdo, ManelFontanals, MartaMolist, MiquelMoraleda, NúriaOms, Francesc XavierTornero, CarlesVergès, Josep MaríaOriol, VicenteBach-Gómez, AnnaEarly NeolithicPinaceae resinOrganic residue analysisIberian PeninsulaThe use of resinous substances, certainly one of the earliest technologies developed by humans, was well-known by Holocene hunter-gatherers at the onset of the Neolithisation process across Europe. Recent research has revealed the use of birch bark tar in the central Mediterranean far from this taxon's endemic regions both in the Paleolithic and Neolithic periods and shows that the first farmers from the Fertile Crescent hafted lithic tools and waterproofed artefacts using bitumen. The generalised absence of these natural products in south-western Europe may have thus forced a reformulation of Early Neolithic technologies by exploring and benefitting from existing knowledge in local European hunter-gatherer societies. However, information on resin use from the western Mediterranean is still scarce. Here, we report on the analysis of organic residues from 168 pottery sherds by gas chromatography and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry from 10 archaeological sites in this region dating from the second half of the VI millennium to the first half of the V millennium cal BC. In a limited number of samples, minor amounts of several diterpenoids diagnostic of aged Pinaceae resins were detected as mixtures with fats. The presence of pine in the palynological and carpological record supports the human exploitation of this taxon, but its minimal incidence in the anthracological record suggests that other species were selected as fuelwood. This supports the hypothesis that Pinaceae resins were used in association with pottery sporadically but ubiquitously either as its contents, or as post-firing treatments to waterproof the vessels. This demonstrates the development of adhesive technologies and resin-involved labour processes specific to Early Neolithic societies.AB has been funded by an FPU grant (2014/00957) and a “La Caixa” fellowship LCF/BQ/EU14/10310064. Analyses were partially funded by the following I + D projects awarded by the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science (HAR2016- 78416-P and HAR2013-43624-P). ABG, MM and AB are members of the 2017 SGR 1302 Research Group recognized by the Generalitat de Catalunya. Nuria Moraleda and Ferran Colomer are acknowledged for their support in the GC-MS analyses at the ICTA-UAB laboratories. Beatriz Bastos, Ben Stern, at the University of Bradford and Rebecca Stacey and Christopher Mussell at The British Museum are thanked for their support whilst performing laboratory work. CH thanks the Wellcome Trust for support (Grant ref: 097365/Z/11/Z). The archaeological fieldwork and research at El Cavet and Cova de la Font Font Major sites has been conducted with financial support from the Department of Culture (Projectes Quadriennals de Recerca en Materia d’Arqueologia-CLT009/18/00053) and the AGAUR Agency (SGR 2017 1040) of the Generalitat de Catalunya. The Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social (IPHES-CERCA) has received financial support from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation through the “María de Maeztu” program for Units of Excellence (CEX2019-000945-M). We thank all the excavation teams from all the archaeological sites involved in this study.With funding from the Spanish government through the "Unit of Excellence Maria de Maeztu" accreditation (CEX2019-000945-M).Peer reviewedFundación la CaixaMinisterio de Educación y Ciencia (España)Wellcome TrustGeneralitat de CatalunyaMinisterio de Ciencia e Innovación (España)Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]2023202320232023info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501http://hdl.handle.net/10261/339627reponame:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSICinstname:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)Inglés#PLACEHOLDER_PARENT_METADATA_VALUE##PLACEHOLDER_PARENT_METADATA_VALUE##PLACEHOLDER_PARENT_METADATA_VALUE#info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MINECO//HAR2013-43624-Pinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MINECO//HAR2016-78416-Pinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/AEI/Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2021-2023/CEX2019-000945-Mhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2022.103744Síinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:digital.csic.es:10261/3396272026-05-22T06:33:51Z |
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