Nature Communications (Oct 2018)
Ancient proteins from ceramic vessels at Çatalhöyük West reveal the hidden cuisine of early farmers
- Jessica Hendy,
- Andre C. Colonese,
- Ingmar Franz,
- Ricardo Fernandes,
- Roman Fischer,
- David Orton,
- Alexandre Lucquin,
- Luke Spindler,
- Jana Anvari,
- Elizabeth Stroud,
- Peter F. Biehl,
- Camilla Speller,
- Nicole Boivin,
- Meaghan Mackie,
- Rosa R. Jersie-Christensen,
- Jesper V. Olsen,
- Matthew J. Collins,
- Oliver E. Craig,
- Eva Rosenstock
Affiliations
- Jessica Hendy
- Department of Archaeology, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
- Andre C. Colonese
- BioArCh, Department of Archaeology, University of York
- Ingmar Franz
- Institute of Prehistoric and Protohistoric Archaeology, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel
- Ricardo Fernandes
- Department of Archaeology, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
- Roman Fischer
- Target Discovery Institute, University of Oxford
- David Orton
- BioArCh, Department of Archaeology, University of York
- Alexandre Lucquin
- BioArCh, Department of Archaeology, University of York
- Luke Spindler
- BioArCh, Department of Archaeology, University of York
- Jana Anvari
- Institute of Prehistoric Archaeology, Freie Universität Berlin
- Elizabeth Stroud
- School of Archaeology, University of Oxford
- Peter F. Biehl
- Department of Anthropology, University at Buffalo
- Camilla Speller
- BioArCh, Department of Archaeology, University of York
- Nicole Boivin
- Department of Archaeology, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
- Meaghan Mackie
- EvoGenomics, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen
- Rosa R. Jersie-Christensen
- Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen
- Jesper V. Olsen
- Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen
- Matthew J. Collins
- BioArCh, Department of Archaeology, University of York
- Oliver E. Craig
- BioArCh, Department of Archaeology, University of York
- Eva Rosenstock
- Institute of Prehistoric Archaeology, Freie Universität Berlin
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06335-6
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 9,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 10
Abstract
Ancient diets have been reconstructed from archaeological pottery based on lipid remains, but these can lack specificity. Here, Hendy and colleagues analyze ancient proteins from ceramic vessels up to 8000 years old to produce a more nuanced understanding of ancient food processing and diet.
