Did the first farmers of central and eastern Europe produce dairy foods?

Abstract

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Ancient lipids reveal continuity in culinary practices across the transition to agriculture in Northern Europe

“…Already, lipid residue analysis has shown that some of the earliest ceramic vessels in Central and Northern Europe and Northwestern Anatolia were used for processing dairy products (18)(19)(20). Although these findings seemingly reinforce the link between pottery and farming, we note that the majority of Early Neolithic pots analyzed so far cannot be securely associated with either wild or domesticated products.…”

Agricultural change in Copper Age Croatia (ca. 4500–2500 cal B.C)?

“…Today, the increase in cattle and the exploitation of secondary products is clearly seen during the Neolithic, where mixed husbandry regimes were practiced (Copley et al 2003;Craig et al 2003Craig et al , 2005Evershed et al 2008;Greenfield and Arnold 2015;Orton 2012;Spangenberg et al 2006). Instead, the early Copper Age faunal remains, although particularly limited, have begun to reveal variations in the proportion of domestic species at sites.…”

Neolithic pottery and the biomolecular archaeology of lipids

“…In Scandinavia, further to the north, dairy fat residue was found in Corded Ware culture at c. 2500 calBC (Cramp et al 2014b). Oliver Craig et al (2005) provided much earlier data for milk processing in the Early Neolithic in Southeast Europe. Degraded ruminant fatty acid in pottery in the Star≠evo-Cris (5950-5500 calBC) and Köros cultures (5800-5700 calBC) suggest milk products and milk processing, i.e.…”