New findings that rely on modern developments in biochemistry to
study the contents of ancient pottery have confirmed the theory
posited by Peter Bogucki 30 years ago that Neolithic Europeans
produced cheese. Bogucki, the associate dean for undergraduate
affairs at Princeton's School of Engineering and Applied
Science, and fellow researchers said the finding is a critical
indicator of an agricultural revolution marking the development
of Western civilization. Photo by Frank Wojciechowski Clay pot
fragments reveal early start to cheese-making, a marker for
civilization Posted January 9, 2013; 10:46 a.m. As a young
archaeologist, Peter Bogucki based his groundbreaking theory on
the development of Western civilization on the most ancient of
human technology, pottery. But it took some of the most modern
developments in biochemistry — and 30 years —finally to confirm
he was right. While working as director of studies at one of
Princeton University's residential colleges in the 1980s,
Bogucki theorized that the dev