Table 1 Summary of organic residue analysis of studied pottery based on lipid biomarkers and δ13C values. The values represent number of vessels with identified fatty acid content. ? = uncertain identification. More detailed information is presented in Supplementary Table S1.

From: Contrasting patterns of prehistoric human diet and subsistence in northernmost Europe

Pottery type

Coastal agcricultural groups

Coastal hunter-gatherer groups

Interior hunter-gatherer groups

Risvik Pottery

Kjelmøy Pottery

Mica and shell tempered Ware

Imitated Textile Ware

Kjelmøy Pottery

Sär 2 Ware from inland Finland

Aquatic fats

2

5

5

2

  

Aquatic? fats

2

     

Aquatic fats, Ruminant carcass fats?

   

1

 

1

Aquatic fats?, Other terrestrial fats?

 

2

   

2

Dairy fats

3

     

Dairy fats, Aquatic fats?

3

     

Ruminant carcass fats

 

1

  

5

4

Other terrestrial fats?

 

2

1

  

2

Other terrestrial fats?, Ruminant carcass fats?

     

3

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