Immediate replacement of fishing with dairying by the earliest farmers of the northeast Atlantic archipelagos

• Published in: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
• Main Authors: Cramp, Lucy J. E., Jones, Jennifer R., Sheridan, Alison, Smyth, Jessica, Whelton, Helen, Mulville, Jacqui, Sharples, Niall, Evershed, Richard P.
• Other Authors: University of Aberdeen.Archaeology
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: SDG 14 - Life Below Water; Archaeology; Biomarkers; Lipids; Neolithic diet; Pottery; Stable carbon isotopes; CC Archaeology; General Biochemistry,Genetics and Molecular Biology; General Immunology and Microbiology; General Environmental Science; General Agricultural and Biological Sciences; Natural Environment Research Council (NERC); NE/F021054/1; Other; 273462; CC; Northeast Atlantic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2164/11562; https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2013.2372; http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84893653073&partnerID=8YFLogxK

We are grateful to the following for providing samples and advice: Mike Parker Pearson; Tim Darvill; Tom Dawson; Shetland Museum and Archives; UHI, Orkney College; National Museums, Scotland; Manx National Heritage; Museum nan Eilean (Stornoway); Clive Waddington and Archaeological Research Services Ltd; and Jersey Heritage. We are grateful to Ian Armit, Fiona Shapland and Historic Scotland for stable isotope data and radiocarbon dates obtained for Iron Age Scotland. We are grateful to Alison Kuhl and James Williams for technical support. We also thank Mark Thomas for very useful discussions and the anonymous reviewers for constructive comments on the manuscript. Funding statement This research was funded by the UK Natural Environment Research Council (NE/F021054/1), with research on the Irish material funded by EU FP7 (Marie Curie Actions) under REA grant agreement no. 273462. Peer reviewed