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Journal

Журнал Сибирского федерального университета. Серия: Гуманитарные науки
ISSN: 1997-1370

Output data

Year: 2025, Volume: 18, Number: 11, Pages: 2244-2258 Pages count : 15

Tags

Восточный Памир, молочные продукты, липидный анализ, керамика; Eastern Pamir, dairy products, lipid analysis, ceramics

Authors

Shnaider Svetlana V. ^1,2 , Shashkov Mikhail V. ^1,3 , Selin Dmitrii V. ¹ , Kutnyakova Lyubov ¹ , Бобомуллоев Б.С. ^2,4 , Navruzbekov Masnav ⁴ , Марковский Г.И. ¹

Affiliations

1	Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation
2	International Research Laboratory ZooStan – ArchaeoZoological Center for the study of Central Asia – CNRS – Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty, Kazakhstan
3	Boreskov Institute of Catalysis SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation
4	Institute of History, Archeology and Ethnography named after A. Donisha NAST, Dushanbe, Tajikistan

Funding (3)

1	Russian Science Foundation	24-78-10127
2	Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation	FWZG-2025-0009 (125021001814-3)(075-03-2025-514)
3	The French National Research Agency	PaleoCALM ANR‑23-CE27-0019

Archaeology only provides a fragmented glimpse into the past, leaving most aspect of ancient cultural adaptations unknown. Thanks to the growing interdisciplinarity of archaeological research, it becoming possible to talk about cultural aspects, such as food preparation, in way that were previously impossible. This article presents a study of ceramic fragments directly dated between III and VII centuries AD, found during archaeological research at the Istykskaya cave site in the Eastern Pamir Mountains of Tajikistan. We used gas chromatography-mass spectrometry to isolate and identify fatty acid residues trapped within the porous matrix of ceramic fragments. We use these biomarkers to pinpoint ancient fats characteristic of ruminant milk.

Shnaider S.V. , Shashkov M.V. , Selin D.V. , Kutnyakova L. , Бобомуллоев Б.С. , Navruzbekov M. , Марковский Г.И.
Dairy Consumption in the Early Medieval Eastern Pamir: Lipid Analysis
Журнал Сибирского федерального университета. Серия: Гуманитарные науки. 2025. V.18. N11. P.2244-2258. Scopus РИНЦ

Submitted:	Mar 1, 2025
Accepted:	Oct 2, 2025

Scopus:	2-s2.0-105024772991
Elibrary:	86117074

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