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New insights into Neolithic milk consumption through proteomic analysis of dental calculus
| العنوان: | New insights into Neolithic milk consumption through proteomic analysis of dental calculus |
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| المؤلفون: | Charlton, Sophy, Ramsøe, Abigail, Collins, Matthew, Craig, Oliver E., Fischer, Roman, Alexander, Michelle, Speller, Camilla F. |
| المساهمون: | UK Natural Environment Research Council, Arts and Humanities Research Council |
| المصدر: | Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences ; volume 11, issue 11, page 6183-6196 ; ISSN 1866-9557 1866-9565 |
| بيانات النشر: | Springer Science and Business Media LLC |
| سنة النشر: | 2019 |
| الوصف: | There has long been debate over the origins of dairy consumption within European populations. Whilst it was previously assumed that lactase persistence (LP) was under positive selection following the advent of agriculture, recent genetic studies of prehistoric human remains have revealed LP may have only emerged in Europe in the last 4000 years. These findings stand in contrast to organic residue analysis of Neolithic pottery indicating the utilisation of dairy products, and zooarchaeological mortality profiles consistent with dairying herds at Neolithic sites. The recent discovery of the milk protein β-lactoglobulin (BLG) within human dental calculus presents a new method via which to explore dairy product consumption in the archaeological past. Here, we apply shotgun proteomic analysis to dental calculus samples from three British Neolithic sites, revealing the earliest identification of BLG in human dental calculus to date. The presence of BLG peptides in individuals who are unlikely to possess LP provides new insight into dairying in the British Neolithic, suggesting the potential processing of milk by Neolithic populations to reduce the lactose content of dairy products. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article in journal/newspaper |
| اللغة: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s12520-019-00911-7 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s12520-019-00911-7.pdf |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s12520-019-00911-7/fulltext.html |
| الاتاحة: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12520-019-00911-7 http://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s12520-019-00911-7.pdf http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12520-019-00911-7/fulltext.html |
| Rights: | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 ; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.DD5C51DB |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s12520-019-00911-7 |
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