Abstract In the early Holocene, Mesolithic hunter-gatherer communities inhabiting the Cis-Baikal region of Eastern Siberia were participating in a series of important cultural changes. These included the establishment of large cemeteries in the Angara Valley and on the Southwest shores of Lake Baikal, culminating in the formation of the distinctive Early Neolithic Kitoi cultural pattern ca. 7560 cal. BP. Around the same time, the appearance of clay pots in a few Kitoi graves and at some contemporary habitation sites marks the formal transition to the Early Neolithic, which is defined in Russian archaeology by the emergence of pottery (and not the transition to farming). Little is known about how this early pottery was used, and why it was first adopted into the region. This pilot-study presents lipid-residue analysis of a selection of sherds from the oldest and relatively well-dated pottery assemblage in the Cis-Baikal region, which was recovered from the Gorelyi Les habitation site. The results indicate that the pots had been used to process a broad spectrum of food resources, including ruminants, fish and plants, and possibly resin and other by-products derived from pine trees, suggesting that the vessels were being used as general-purpose cooking containers. We conclude that there is scope for a much larger-scale investigation of diversity and change in prehistoric pottery use in Cis-Baikal, and that this research would improve current understandings of the diet, health and subsistence strategies of the Kitoi and other prehistoric populations.

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资源加工，早期陶器和奇异贝加尔湖的Kitoi文化的兴起：对西伯利亚东部Gorelyi Les居住地早期新石器时代陶瓷组合的脂质残留分析的见解

摘要在全新世早期，居住在西伯利亚东部奇西贝加尔地区的中石器时代的猎人-采集者社区参与了一系列重要的文化变革。其中包括在安加拉河谷和贝加尔湖西南岸建立大型公墓，最终形成了独特的早期新石器时代的基托伊文化模式。7560卡路里 BP。大约在同一时间，一些Kitoi坟墓和一些当代居住场所中出现的陶罐标志着向新石器时代的正式过渡，这在俄罗斯考古学中是由于陶器的出现而定义的（而不是向农业的过渡）。对于如何使用这种早期陶器以及为什么首先将该陶器引入该地区知之甚少。这项先导研究提供了从Cirel-Baikal地区最古老，日期相对相对较好的陶器组合中选择的一些石块的脂类残留分析，该组合是从Gorelyi Les居住地回收的。结果表明，这些锅已被用于处理各种食品资源，包括反刍动物，鱼类和植物，可能还有松树衍生的树脂和其他副产品，这表明这些容器已被用作通用烹饪工具。容器。我们的结论是，尚有可能对Cis-Baikal的史前陶器使用的多样性和变化进行更大规模的调查，并且这项研究将增进对Kitoi和其他史前人群的饮食，健康和生存策略的当前了解。