Currently, the study authors have limited data about the exact ways in which food was consumed during the Neolithic period, but in the future—with much more research—this may become possible.

This food vessel was found upside down in a Neolithic burial cairn at Glenvoidean, Isle of Bute. This cairn was used for many centuries by the early farmers on the fertile island of Bute.

It is also the first study to identify a vertical seasonal herd mobility of this species (Bos taurus) in the Iberian Peninsula during the Neolithic period. The research team used advanced isotopic ...