New integrated molecular approaches for understanding lake settlements in NW Europe

Antony  Brown; Thierry  Fonville; Maarten  van Hardenbroek; Graeme Caver; Anne Crone; Finbar  McCormick; Emily  Murray; Helen Mackay; Nicki J. Whitehouse; Andrew C. G. Henderson; Phil  Barratt; Kim  Davies; Katie  Head; Peter  Langdon; Inger  Alsos; Duncan Pirrie

New integrated molecular approaches for understanding lake settlements in NW Europe

Antony Brown, Thierry Fonville, Maarten van Hardenbroek, Graeme Caver, Anne Crone, Finbar McCormick, Emily Murray, Helen Mackay, Nicki J. Whitehouse, Andrew C. G. Henderson, Phil Barratt, Kim Davies, Katie Head, Peter Langdon, Inger Alsos, Duncan Pirrie

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Abstract

Lake settlements, particularly crannogs, pose several contradictions – visible yet inaccessible, widespread yet geographically restricted, persistent yet vulnerable. To further our understanding, we have developed the integrated use of palaeolimnological (scanning XRF, pollen, spores, diatoms, chironomids, Cladocera, microcharcoal, biogenic silica, SEM-EDS, stable-isotopes) and biomolecular analyses (faecal stanols, bile acids, sedaDNA) of proximal and through-crannog cores in SW Scotland and Ireland. Both can be an effective methods for revealing occupation-chronologies and identifying on-crannog activities/practices. Strong results from sedaDNA and lipid biomarkers analysis demonstrate likely on-site animal slaughter, food storage and possibly feasting, suggesting multi-period elite site-associations, storage and protection, of valuable resources

Original language	English
Journal	Antiquity
Publication status	Accepted/In press - 7 Mar 2022

Keywords

British Isles, Ireland, lake settlements, molecular archaeology, sedaDNA, lipid biomarkers, crannogs

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Brown, Antony ; Fonville, Thierry ; van Hardenbroek, Maarten ; Caver, Graeme ; Crone, Anne ; McCormick, Finbar ; Murray, Emily ; Mackay, Helen ; Whitehouse, Nicki J. ; Henderson, Andrew C. G. ; Barratt, Phil ; Davies, Kim ; Head, Katie ; Langdon, Peter ; Alsos, Inger ; Pirrie, Duncan. / New integrated molecular approaches for understanding lake settlements in NW Europe. In: Antiquity. 2022.

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