7,500-year-old pottery reveals the secrets of ancient European nutrition
Several burial graves belonging to the Ropeware culture (4500 years old), discovered in Oechlitz, Saxony-Anhalt. A decorated ceramic vessel contained milk, while the vessel revealed traces of fat obtained from ruminants. Credit: State Office for Heritage Management and Archeology Saxony-Anhalt Research analyzing grease residues from Central European pottery shows changes in diet over 4,000 years, … Read more