Lipids, pots and food processing at Hočevarica, Ljubljansko barje, Slovenia

• Main Authors: Nives Ogrinc, Mihael Budja, Doris Potočnik, Andreja Žibrat Gašparič, Dimitrij Mlekuž
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Znanstvena založba Filozofske fakultete Univerze v Ljubljani (Ljubljana University Press, Faculty of Arts) 2014-12-01
• Series: Documenta Praehistorica
• Subjects: lipid analysis; 14C dates; pottery; Eneolithic; Ljubljansko barje
• Online Access: https://revije.ff.uni-lj.si/DocumentaPraehistorica/article/view/2934

 The paper presents the results of lipid analyses of pottery samples from Ho≠evarica (Ljub- ljansko barje, Slovenia). Total lipid extracts were subjected to high temperature gas chromatography (HT-GC), gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) and gas chromatography-combustion-isotope ratio mass spectrometry (GC-C-IRMS). The results show that some vessels were used for prepar- ing ruminant meat and vegetable, but also the remains of aquatic food were identified. The processing of non-ruminant meat was detected in a few samples. A high number of pottery samples yielded the presence of beeswax lipids. The charred residual on pottery was AMS 14C dated.