TY - JOUR
T1 - Diverse Economic Patterns in the North Baltic Sea Region in the Late Neolithic and Early Metal Periods
AU - Paäkkönen, Mirva
AU - Holmqvist, Elisabeth
AU - Blaüer, Auli
AU - Evershed, Richard P.
AU - Asplund, Henrik
PY - 2020/2
Y1 - 2020/2
N2 - Over 120 prehistoric pottery sherds from mainland Finland and the Åland Islands in the north Baltic region were studied for their organic residue content. Preserved fat residues found in these vessels indicated that the food procurement pattern was broad during the Neolithic and Early Metal periods. Based on previous research and these results, it appears that animal husbandry came to Finland with the Corded Ware culture. Groups using the succeeding Late Neolithic Kiukainen Ware did not, however, practice animal husbandry to any great extent, as there is an indication of dairy fats in only a single sherd. In general, even after dairy farming arrived in the area, prehistoric groups in southern and south-western Finland continued or returned to a hunter-gatherer lifestyle. During the Early Metal period, animal husbandry increased in importance among the groups living in the area, and the level of dairying then intensified.
AB - Over 120 prehistoric pottery sherds from mainland Finland and the Åland Islands in the north Baltic region were studied for their organic residue content. Preserved fat residues found in these vessels indicated that the food procurement pattern was broad during the Neolithic and Early Metal periods. Based on previous research and these results, it appears that animal husbandry came to Finland with the Corded Ware culture. Groups using the succeeding Late Neolithic Kiukainen Ware did not, however, practice animal husbandry to any great extent, as there is an indication of dairy fats in only a single sherd. In general, even after dairy farming arrived in the area, prehistoric groups in southern and south-western Finland continued or returned to a hunter-gatherer lifestyle. During the Early Metal period, animal husbandry increased in importance among the groups living in the area, and the level of dairying then intensified.
KW - animal husbandry
KW - archaeological pottery
KW - compound-specific stable carbon isotope analyses
KW - dairying
KW - Finland
KW - lipids
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85078874258&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1017/eaa.2019.39
DO - 10.1017/eaa.2019.39
M3 - Article (Academic Journal)
AN - SCOPUS:85078874258
SN - 1461-9571
VL - 23
SP - 4
EP - 21
JO - European Journal of Archaeology
JF - European Journal of Archaeology
IS - 1
ER -