Journal of Siberian Federal University. Biology / Analysis of the Fatty Acid Composition of Pottery Vessels from the Burial Ground of Tesin Culture near Krasnoyarsk (Siberia, Russia)

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Issue
Journal of Siberian Federal University. Biology. 2024 17 (4)
Authors
Okrugina, Anastasia K.; Boyandin, Anatoly N.; Vinogradov, Dmitry A.; Mandryka, Pavel V.; Rogozin, Denis Yu.
Contact information
Okrugina, Anastasia K.: Siberian Federal University Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation; ORCID: 0009-0008-4132-8308; Boyandin, Anatoly N.: Institute of Biophysics SB RAS, Federal Research Center “Krasnoyarsk Science Center SB RAS” Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation; ORCID: 0000-0002-9190-2792; Vinogradov, Dmitry A. : Siberian Federal University Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation; ORCID: 0000-0002-2882-4402; Mandryka, Pavel V. : Siberian Federal University Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation; ORCID: 0000-0002-8647-3823; Rogozin, Denis Yu.: Siberian Federal University Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation; Institute of Biophysics SB RAS, Federal Research Center “Krasnoyarsk Science Center SB RAS” Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation; ; ORCID: 0000-0002-9350-2936
Keywords
fatty acid; gas chromatography; Iron Age; Siberia; Tesin Culture; pottery vessel; lipid analysis
Abstract

The study of the diet of ancient people is an integral part of the reconstruction of their lifestyle and living conditions in specific regions; it also provides important information about climate changes that influenced the transformation of economic activities of various ancient cultures. Some components of food products, such as fatty acids, are adsorbed into the walls of ceramic vessels used for cooking and can be helpful in detailing the diet of ancient people. Using gas chromatography, we identified the composition of fatty acids adsorbed into the walls of 13 pottery vessels found in a burial dated to the Tesin period of the Tagar culture of the early Iron Age, located on the outskirts of Krasnoyarsk (Siberia, Russia). The composition of fatty acids indicates that the vessels were used to prepare/store food products, which may have included meat and animal fat, milk, and plant products. In one of the vessels, total fatty acid content was higher, suggesting that it was more intensively used to prepare and store food. The samples collected from the inner walls and bottom parts of two vessels contained unsaturated fatty acids that were not identified in other samples: oleic, palmitol-oleic and 13-docosenoic fatty acids. Therefore, it can be assumed that those vessels were used for preparing or storing food products of plant origin

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492–505
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https://elib.sfu-kras.ru/handle/2311/154344

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