Vial Containing 5,000-Year-Old Lipid (IMAGE)

University of Bristol

Vial Containing 5,000-Year-Old Lipid

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This is a vial containing a 5,000-year-old lipid extracted from Late Neolithic pot. Researchers from the University of Bristol, UK analyzed such residues to establish the antiquity of dairying in Ireland.

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Dr. Jessica Smyth, University of Bristol, UK

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The image is for single use only to illustrate stories about the paper 'Milking the megafauna: Using organic residue analysis to understand early farming practice' by Jessica Smyth and Richard P. Evershed in <i>Journal of Environmental Archaeology<i/>, and is not to be archived.

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