Food and foodways in Roman Britain : a study in contact and culture change
This thesis explores food and foodways, and changes in foodways over the Roman period; it has two main aims: to develop a methodology for the study of foodways and to apply this methodology to examine the impact of the Roman Conquest on native cultures. The thesis is underpinned by the development of a post-colonially informed theoretical framework. In the first part a methodology is developed which allows three main strands of evidence (pottery, animal bones and botanical remains) to be studied together. The foodways are broken down into different stages: food procurement, preparation, cooking and serving. The methodology is applied to case studies chosen from the area of the Corieltauvi and a representative sample from Southern Britain. Sites were chosen on the basis of the quality of the excavations and the published reports and the presence of all three of the data sets. The published data were reanalysed using SPSS and Excel and recast in the different elements of the meal process. These sites have been divided into broad categories such as rural low status, rural high status and urban. Models were developed to predict foodways for each site category. Results demonstrate the value of the application of
Hawkes, Gillian
Food and foodways in Roman Britain : a study in contact and culture change. This thesis explores food and foodways, and changes in foodways over the Roman period; it has two main aims: to develop a methodology for the study of foodways and to apply this methodology to examine the impact of the Roman Conquest on native cultures. The thesis is underpinned by the development of a post-colonially informed theoretical framework. In the first part a methodology is developed which allows three main strands of evidence (pottery, animal bones and botanical remains) to be studied together. The foodways are broken down into different stages: food procurement, preparation, cooking and serving. The methodology is applied to case studies chosen from the area of the Corieltauvi and a representative sample from Southern Britain. Sites were chosen on the basis of the quality of the excavations and the published reports and the presence of all three of the data sets. The published data were reanalysed using SPSS and Excel and recast in the different elements of the meal process. These sites have been divided into broad categories such as rural low status, rural high status and urban. Models were developed to predict foodways for each site category. Results demonstrate the value of the application of
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