Honey-collecting in prehistoric West Africa from 3500 years ago

Though there is a long archaeological record of the use of honey, beeswax and other bee products, there are few known records from Africa. Here Dunne et al. analyse lipid residues from pottery from the Nok culture, Nigeria, dating to ~3500 years ago and find evidence of the collection and processing...

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Autores principales: Julie Dunne, Alexa Höhn, Gabriele Franke, Katharina Neumann, Peter Breunig, Toby Gillard, Caitlin Walton-Doyle, Richard P. Evershed
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:be5fd6a0ddc84656ae9ea3380a568b4d2021-12-02T14:25:17ZHoney-collecting in prehistoric West Africa from 3500 years ago10.1038/s41467-021-22425-42041-1723https://doaj.org/article/be5fd6a0ddc84656ae9ea3380a568b4d2021-04-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22425-4https://doaj.org/toc/2041-1723Though there is a long archaeological record of the use of honey, beeswax and other bee products, there are few known records from Africa. Here Dunne et al. analyse lipid residues from pottery from the Nok culture, Nigeria, dating to ~3500 years ago and find evidence of the collection and processing of bee products, likely honey.Julie DunneAlexa HöhnGabriele FrankeKatharina NeumannPeter BreunigToby GillardCaitlin Walton-DoyleRichard P. EvershedNature PortfolioarticleScienceQENNature Communications, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2021)
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Julie Dunne
Alexa Höhn
Gabriele Franke
Katharina Neumann
Peter Breunig
Toby Gillard
Caitlin Walton-Doyle
Richard P. Evershed
Honey-collecting in prehistoric West Africa from 3500 years ago
description Though there is a long archaeological record of the use of honey, beeswax and other bee products, there are few known records from Africa. Here Dunne et al. analyse lipid residues from pottery from the Nok culture, Nigeria, dating to ~3500 years ago and find evidence of the collection and processing of bee products, likely honey.
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author Julie Dunne
Alexa Höhn
Gabriele Franke
Katharina Neumann
Peter Breunig
Toby Gillard
Caitlin Walton-Doyle
Richard P. Evershed
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title Honey-collecting in prehistoric West Africa from 3500 years ago
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title_full_unstemmed Honey-collecting in prehistoric West Africa from 3500 years ago
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