You are where you eat: worldview and the public/private preparation and consumption of food
Based upon the study of rural domestic assemblages from the Late Iron Age and Early Roman period of southern Britain, this chapter explores the connection between the use of space for food preparation, consumption, and disposal and the worldview of the individuals involved. Innovations in the later...
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2016
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| description | Based upon the study of rural domestic assemblages from the Late Iron Age and Early Roman period of southern Britain, this chapter explores the connection between the use of space for food preparation, consumption, and disposal and the worldview of the individuals involved. Innovations in the later Iron Age, influenced by increased exposure to continental foodstuffs, containers, and preparation techniques were widely accepted in some homes and largely rejected in others. This must be more nuanced than a simple economic explanation of who could afford to buy new things. Equally, there must be a more complex narrative than the simple assimilation/resistance model – rejection does not always mean resistance. Using Douglas’ matrix of cultural possibilities, we can begin to relate domestic assemblages and domestic organisation of space to the individuals who surrounded themselves with them and make some suggestions about what drove their consumer choices. Can we tease out an understanding of how past peoples saw and related to the world around them from the archaeological remains of domestic cooking and eating spaces? |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:65fae0d0-fa59-4c05-ba52-64fb76b04fc52022-03-26T18:29:00ZYou are where you eat: worldview and the public/private preparation and consumption of foodBook sectionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_3248uuid:65fae0d0-fa59-4c05-ba52-64fb76b04fc5Symplectic Elements at OxfordPeter Lang2016Morrison, WBased upon the study of rural domestic assemblages from the Late Iron Age and Early Roman period of southern Britain, this chapter explores the connection between the use of space for food preparation, consumption, and disposal and the worldview of the individuals involved. Innovations in the later Iron Age, influenced by increased exposure to continental foodstuffs, containers, and preparation techniques were widely accepted in some homes and largely rejected in others. This must be more nuanced than a simple economic explanation of who could afford to buy new things. Equally, there must be a more complex narrative than the simple assimilation/resistance model – rejection does not always mean resistance. Using Douglas’ matrix of cultural possibilities, we can begin to relate domestic assemblages and domestic organisation of space to the individuals who surrounded themselves with them and make some suggestions about what drove their consumer choices. Can we tease out an understanding of how past peoples saw and related to the world around them from the archaeological remains of domestic cooking and eating spaces? |
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