POLLEN ANALYSIS OF RESIDUE FROM TWO CERAMIC SHERDS FROM TSAGHKAHOVIT, ARMENIA

Two ceramic sherds representing a pot and a red bowl were recovered from Tsaghkahovit, Armenia. The cooking pot, recovered from locus 17, exhibited burning on the exterior of the body as well as residue on the inside. The small fineware bowl, found in locus 38, also contained residue on the inside. Residue was scraped from the inside of both of these intact ceramic vessels and submitted for pollen and starch analysis to determine their contents.

从亚美尼亚察格卡霍维特（Tsaghkahovit）遗址出土两件陶片，分别对应一件陶罐与一件红陶碗。其中出土于遗迹单元17的炊罐，器身外部带有烧痕，内部留存有残留物；另一件出土于遗迹单元38的细陶小碗，内部同样留存有残留物。研究人员从这两件保存完整的陶瓷容器内壁刮取残留物，送检开展孢粉与淀粉粒分析，以确定其内部的物质组成。