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

Nives Ogrinc; Mihael Budja; Doris Potočnik; Andreja Žibrat Gašparič; Dimitrij Mlekuž

doi:10.4312/dp.41.10

Authors

Nives Ogrinc Department of Environmental Sciences, Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana
Mihael Budja Department of Archaeology, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana
Doris Potočnik Department of Environmental Sciences, Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana
Andreja Žibrat Gašparič Department of Archaeology, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana
Dimitrij Mlekuž Department of Archaeology, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4312/dp.41.10

Keywords:

lipid analysis, 14C dates, pottery, Eneolithic, Ljubljansko barje

Abstract

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.