Three vessels from Roodias, K. Tenta, and Kokkinovia in Cyprus were washed to recover pollen, phytolith, and starch evidence of their use. Along with microparticles representing use, we anticipate pollen and phytoliths that derive from conditions in the local museums where these artifacts were curated. Roodias and K. Tenta are likely Khirokitian Pre-Pottery Neolithic occupations between approximately 7000 and 5000 BC. Kokkinovia represents a Pottery Neolithic occupation (ca. 4500–3900 BC).
Linda Scott Cummings (Mon,) studied this question.