Dairy Consumption in the Early Medieval Eastern Pamir: Lipid Analysis
Потребление молочных продуктов в раннем средневековье на Восточном Памире на основе изучения липидных остатков на керамике
Shnaider S.V. Shashkov M.V. Selin D.V. Kutnyakova L. Bobomulloev B.S. Navruzbekov M. Markovskii G.I.
2025Siberian Federal University
Journal of Siberian Federal University - Humanities and Social Sciences
2025#18Issue 112244 - 2258 pp.
Archaeology only provides a fragmented glimpse into the past, leaving most aspect of ancient cultural adaptations unknown. Thanks to the growing interdisciplinarity of archaeological research, it becoming possible to talk about cultural aspects, such as food preparation, in way that were previously impossible. This article presents a study of ceramic fragments directly dated between III and VII centuries AD, found during archaeological research at the Istykskaya cave site in the Eastern Pamir Mountains of Tajikistan. We used gas chromatography-mass spectrometry to isolate and identify fatty acid residues trapped within the porous matrix of ceramic fragments. We use these biomarkers to pinpoint ancient fats characteristic of ruminant milk.
ceramics , dairy products , Eastern Pamir , lipid analysis
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Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation
International Research Laboratory ZooStan – ArchaeoZoological Center for the study of Central Asia – CNRS – Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Boreskov Institute of Catalysis SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation
Institute of History, Archeology and Ethnography named after A. Donisha NAST, Dushanbe, Tajikistan
Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography SB RAS
International Research Laboratory ZooStan – ArchaeoZoological Center for the study of Central Asia – CNRS – Al-Farabi Kazakh National University
Boreskov Institute of Catalysis SB RAS
Institute of History
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