RT journal article
T1 Diversified pottery use across 5th and 4th millennium cal BC Neolithic coastal communities along the Strait of Gibraltar
A1 Breu-Barcons, Adrià
A1 Vijande Vila, Eduardo
A1 Cantillo Duarte, Juan Jesús
A1 Comes, Pau
A1 Heron, Carl
A1 Villanueva, Joan
A1 Ramos Muñoz, José Francisco
A2 HistoriaGeografía y Filosofía
K1 Neolithic
K1 Organic residue analysis
K1 Pottery use
K1 Strait of Gibraltar
AB The region around the Strait of Gibraltar offered Neolithic societies a bridge connecting Iberia and North Africa. Using the sea for access to additional resources, Neolithic groups in the area developed close links with this territory as evidenced by its burial rites and storage practices. Nonetheless, the role pottery and its contents may have had in the labour activities of these groups is not well understood. In light of research in neighbouring regions, this study presents an initial analysis using an acidified methanol extraction of 29 pottery vessels from four Neolithic sites (Benzú Cave, Campo de Hockey, SET Parralejos and La Esparragosa) selected with the aim of assessing its potential for organic residue analysis at the point of confluence between southern Iberian and North African historic dynamics. The presence of appreciable lipid residues in 79% of the studied samples and the high variety in the results, including animal fats, dairy products, plant resins and two previously unreported residue types, support further research in the region.
PB Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
SN 1866-9565
YR 2023
FD 2023
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/35999
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/35999
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 08-nov-2026