Developing a Reference Collection for Starch Grain Analysis in Early Neolithic Western Temperate Europe

While we know that cereals played an important role in the diet of Linearbandkeramik (LBK) and Blicquy/Villeneuve-Saint-Germain (BVSG) populations in the Paris Basin, many questions remain to be answered as to the real contribution of other plants. To assess this topic, the recovery of other lines o...

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Autores principales:	Cagnato Clarissa, Hamon Caroline, Salavert Aurélie, Elliott Michelle
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Publicado:	De Gruyter 2021
Materias:	starch grain analysis archaeology archaeobotany lbk paris basin Archaeology CC1-960
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:7cd34f2b74f14e78ae80e22b9d7352402021-12-05T14:10:59ZDeveloping a Reference Collection for Starch Grain Analysis in Early Neolithic Western Temperate Europe2300-656010.1515/opar-2020-0186https://doaj.org/article/7cd34f2b74f14e78ae80e22b9d7352402021-09-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1515/opar-2020-0186https://doaj.org/toc/2300-6560While we know that cereals played an important role in the diet of Linearbandkeramik (LBK) and Blicquy/Villeneuve-Saint-Germain (BVSG) populations in the Paris Basin, many questions remain to be answered as to the real contribution of other plants. To assess this topic, the recovery of other lines of data beyond macrobotanicals is crucial: starch grains have the potential to reveal additional information regarding past plant use. However, in Western Europe, in particular, for the Neolithic period, there is a significant lag in the development of the discipline. We, therefore, present how our current reference collection (composed of nearly 100 taxa spread across 35 families) was established, the reasoning behind our plant selections, and where the material comes from. Overall, our work shows that even though not all the selected plant organs produce diagnostic starch grains, it may be possible to broaden the spectrum of plants likely consumed by Early Neolithic (and beyond) populations in the Paris Basin, in particular concerning the use of wild plants and specific plant parts, especially underground storage organs (tubers, rhizomes, roots, bulbs, etc.). We believe our research will help guide future scholars in the creation of their own starch grain reference collection and to carry out such analyses on archaeological material from this region by consulting our image database. We conclude by providing a brief summary of what the starch grain record in the Paris Basin tells us to date on ancient plant use.Cagnato ClarissaHamon CarolineSalavert AurélieElliott MichelleDe Gruyterarticlestarch grain analysisarchaeologyarchaeobotanylbkparis basinArchaeologyCC1-960ENOpen Archaeology, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1035-1053 (2021)
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description	While we know that cereals played an important role in the diet of Linearbandkeramik (LBK) and Blicquy/Villeneuve-Saint-Germain (BVSG) populations in the Paris Basin, many questions remain to be answered as to the real contribution of other plants. To assess this topic, the recovery of other lines of data beyond macrobotanicals is crucial: starch grains have the potential to reveal additional information regarding past plant use. However, in Western Europe, in particular, for the Neolithic period, there is a significant lag in the development of the discipline. We, therefore, present how our current reference collection (composed of nearly 100 taxa spread across 35 families) was established, the reasoning behind our plant selections, and where the material comes from. Overall, our work shows that even though not all the selected plant organs produce diagnostic starch grains, it may be possible to broaden the spectrum of plants likely consumed by Early Neolithic (and beyond) populations in the Paris Basin, in particular concerning the use of wild plants and specific plant parts, especially underground storage organs (tubers, rhizomes, roots, bulbs, etc.). We believe our research will help guide future scholars in the creation of their own starch grain reference collection and to carry out such analyses on archaeological material from this region by consulting our image database. We conclude by providing a brief summary of what the starch grain record in the Paris Basin tells us to date on ancient plant use.
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author	Cagnato Clarissa Hamon Caroline Salavert Aurélie Elliott Michelle
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title	Developing a Reference Collection for Starch Grain Analysis in Early Neolithic Western Temperate Europe
title_short	Developing a Reference Collection for Starch Grain Analysis in Early Neolithic Western Temperate Europe
title_full	Developing a Reference Collection for Starch Grain Analysis in Early Neolithic Western Temperate Europe
title_fullStr	Developing a Reference Collection for Starch Grain Analysis in Early Neolithic Western Temperate Europe
title_full_unstemmed	Developing a Reference Collection for Starch Grain Analysis in Early Neolithic Western Temperate Europe
title_sort	developing a reference collection for starch grain analysis in early neolithic western temperate europe
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Developing a Reference Collection for Starch Grain Analysis in Early Neolithic Western Temperate Europe

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