Lipid preservation in ceramics and bones from the Iranian Plateau: Implications for dietary and chronological reconstructions

•Lipids are preserved in archaeological materials despite the extreme environmental constraints in Iran.•Lipids from ceramics are a viable source of information for paleodietary and chronological reconstructions.•Dairy products were exploited in Iran from the late Neolithic period.•Bone lipids provides limited alternative to collagen for paleodietrary and chronological studies.