Exploring the emergence of an ‘Aquatic’ Neolithic in the Russian Far East: organic residue analysis of early hunter-gatherer pottery from Sakhalin Island

The Neolithic in north-east Asia is defined by the presence of ceramic containers, rather than agriculture, among hunter-gatherer communities. The role of pottery in such groups has, however, hitherto been unclear. This article presents the results of organic residue analysis of Neolithic pottery fr...

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Published in:Antiquity 2017-12, Vol.91 (360), p.1484-1500
Main Authors: Gibbs, Kevin, Isaksson, Sven, Craig, Oliver E., Lucquin, Alexandre, Grishchenko, Vyacheslav A., Farrell, Tom F.G., Thompson, Anu, Kato, Hirofumi, Vasilevski, Alexander A., Jordan, Peter D.
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Language:English
Subjects:
aquatic resources
Archaeology
Ceramics
Excavation
Exploitation
Hunter-gatherers
Marine resources
Neolithic
organic residues
Paleolithic
Pottery
Sakhalin Island
Underwater resources
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Summary:The Neolithic in north-east Asia is defined by the presence of ceramic containers, rather than agriculture, among hunter-gatherer communities. The role of pottery in such groups has, however, hitherto been unclear. This article presents the results of organic residue analysis of Neolithic pottery from Sakhalin Island in the Russian Far East. Results indicate that early pottery on Sakhalin was used for the processing of aquatic species, and that its adoption formed part of a wider Neolithic transition involving the reorientation of local lifeways towards the exploitation of marine resources.
ISSN:0003-598X
1745-1744
1745-1744
DOI:10.15184/aqy.2017.183