This paper focuses on the functional analysis of Swifterbant pottery from North-western Europe (ca. 4300–4000 BC) through lipid residue analysis. The main aim is to understand the role of pottery in terms of its relation to hunter-fisher-gatherer lifestyle, and the change in available food resources brought about by the arrival of domesticated animal and plant products. We conducted lipid residue analysis of 62 samples from three Swifterbant sites S2, S3 and S4. A combined approach using both GC-MS and GC-C-IRMS of residues absorbed into the ceramic was employed to identify their context. Our results demonstrate that Swifterbant ceramics were used exclusively for processing aquatic resources. We also found no evidence of inter-site variation in the use of pottery or variation based on both typological and technological features of the pottery. We found no evidence for any domesticated resources despite their presence in the faunal and botanical assemblages.

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来自Swifterbant的新石器时代早期陶器的首次脂质残留分析（荷兰，约4300-4000 BC）

本文主要通过脂类残留分析，对来自西北欧（约公元前4300-4000年）的Swifterbant陶器进行功能分析。主要目的是了解陶器与猎人-渔民-采摘者生活方式之间的关系，以及由于驯养的动植物产品的到来而带来的可用食物资源的变化。我们对来自三个Swifterbant站点S2，S3和S4的62个样品进行了脂质残留分析。结合使用GC-MS和GC-C-IRMS对吸收到陶瓷中的残留物进行鉴定的方法。我们的结果表明，Swifterbant陶瓷专门用于处理水生资源。我们也没有发现使用陶器的地点间发生变化的证据，也没有发现根据陶器的类型和技术特征发生变化的证据。