### 3 the earliest known Mediterranean dairy processing happened in Croatia > The third category of Danilo ware is sieves, which are often used in cheese-making to strain treated milk when it separates into curds and whey. Three of the four sieves in the sample showed evidence of secondary milk processing into either cheese or other fermented dairy products. > > "This is the earliest documented lipid residue evidence for fermented dairy in the Mediterranean region, and among the earliest documented anywhere to date," the researchers report. - [[Evidence of 7,200-Year-Old Cheese Making Found on the Dalmatian Coast#3 the earliest known Mediterranean dairy processing happened in Croatia|View in Vault]]