IMC 2016: Sessions
Session 813: Perspectives on Medieval Diet, IV: Archaeological Approaches to Medieval Foodways and Identity
Tuesday 5 July 2016, 16.30-18.00
Sponsor: | Medieval Diet Group |
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Organiser: | Chris Woolgar, Department of History / Centre for Medieval & Renaissance Culture, University of Southampton |
Moderator/Chair: | Gundula Müldner, Department of Archaeology, University of Reading |
Paper 813-a | Social Status as Expressed through Food in Medieval England: Castles, Manor Houses, and the Zooarchaeological Evidence (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - General, Archaeology - Sites, Daily Life, Social History |
Paper 813-b | The Foodways of Religious Women: An Integrated Isotope Perspective (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - General, Archaeology - Sites, Daily Life, Social History |
Paper 813-c | Tapping the Message of the Mobile patellae: Organic Residue Analysis and Two Southern English Pottery Traditions (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - Artefacts, Architecture - General, Daily Life, Social History |
Abstract | Food and foodways are an important means of expressing personal and group identities. This session brings together three papers which use different archaeological methods in order to explore diet and foodways of different groups in medieval society, aristocratic households (Albarella), monastic communities, specifically religious women (Scull) and rural populations (dairy farmers?) (Mellor and Cramp). We showcase recent methodological developments to a non-specialist audience and explore how archaeology can provide new perspectives on past lives which complement and enhance evidence from documentary sources. |