This is a podcast from the Archaeology Podcast Network about the relationship between animals and humans on archaeology sites - it’s called Zooarchaeology and we have a couple of experts, Alex Fitzpatrick and Simona Falanga, to guide you through it.
Holidays and Feasting in the Archaeological Record - Ep 17
On this ‘holiday special’, Alex and Simona once again push their endurance to the limit by talking about food before dinner-time. Tune in to learn more about feasting in the archaeological record, and why it is not all that different from present day feasting. To demonstrate this, our hosts describe some of their favourite holiday feasts (in addition to some listeners’ suggestions) and the reasoning behind them.
Ps. Happy birthday APN 🙂
Links and Sources
Hastorf C.A. (2008) Food and feasting, social and political aspects. In: Pearsall D.M. (ed) Encyclopedia of Archaeology. London: Elsevier Inc.
Nelson S.M. (2003) Feasting the Ancestors in Early China. In: Bray T.L. (eds) The Archaeology and Politics of Food and Feasting in Early States and Empires. Springer, Boston, MA
The Creation of Monuments: Neolithic Causewayed Enclosures in the British Isles
Prehistoric Britons rack up food miles for feasts near Stonehenge, study shows
Early Pint Evidence of First British Bear Found in Cambridgeshire
Maisels, C. (2010) The Archaeology of Politics and Power: Where, When and Why the First States Formed. Oxford, Oxbow books
Russell, N. (2012) Social Zooarchaeology. Cambridge University Press.
Elliot, P. (2016) Food and Farming in Prehistoric Britain. Fonthill Media
the relationship between animals and humans On archaeology sites is called Zooarchaeology. This podcast explores that relationship.
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2023
- Dec 5, 2023 The Zooarchaeology of ArchaeoAnimals - Ep 65 Dec 5, 2023
- Nov 7, 2023 Cute Animals Galore! - Ep 64 Nov 7, 2023
- Oct 2, 2023 The Zooarchaeology of Predator - Ep 63 Oct 2, 2023
- Sep 5, 2023 The Creatures of Medieval Maps and Bestiaries - 62 Sep 5, 2023
- Aug 1, 2023 Lactose Intolerants Beware! The Zooarchaeology of Dairy - Ep 61 Aug 1, 2023
- Jul 4, 2023 Ancient Crafts and Gross Stuff: Experimental Zooarchaeology - Ep 60 Jul 4, 2023
- Jun 6, 2023 Elephant or Cyclops? The Mistaken Identity of Animal Bones - Ep 59 Jun 6, 2023
- May 2, 2023 From the Frontlines to the Trenches - Ep 58 May 2, 2023
- Apr 4, 2023 The Zooarchaeology of Star Wars - Ep 57 Apr 4, 2023
- Mar 7, 2023 Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction - What is it and What Does it Do? - Ep 56 Mar 7, 2023
- Feb 7, 2023 Of Mice and Rats (and All Manners of Voles) - Ep 55 Feb 7, 2023
- Jan 3, 2023 Scales and Tails: Reptiles in Archaeology - Ep 54 Jan 3, 2023
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2022
- Dec 6, 2022 On Frog-Toads and Other Amphibian Dilemmas - Ep 53 Dec 6, 2022
- Nov 1, 2022 Xenomorph Archaeology - Ep 52 Nov 1, 2022
- Oct 4, 2022 Fine, Let's Rank Our Favourite Animal Bones - Ep 51 Oct 4, 2022
- Sep 6, 2022 Where in the World? Part Six: The Zooarchaeology of Antarctica - Ep 50 Sep 6, 2022
- Aug 2, 2022 Where in the World? Part Five: The Zooarchaeology of Oceania - Ep 49 Aug 2, 2022
- Jul 5, 2022 Where in the World? Part Four: The Zooarchaeology of Asia - Ep 48 Jul 5, 2022
- Jun 7, 2022 Where in the World? Part Three: The Zooarchaeology of the Americas - Ep 47 Jun 7, 2022
- May 3, 2022 Where in the World? Part Two: The Zooarchaeology of Africa - Ep 46 May 3, 2022
- Apr 5, 2022 Where in the World? Part One: The Zooarchaeology of Europe - Ep 45 Apr 5, 2022
- Mar 1, 2022 Contemporary Zoorchaeology - What’s in your Rubbish Bin? - Ep 44 Mar 1, 2022
- Feb 1, 2022 The Zooarchaeology of Myth & Legends (Part Two) - Ep 43 Feb 1, 2022
- Jan 4, 2022 The Hitchhikers: the animals we didn’t really want to take with us but life, uh, finds a way (ARCHIVE) - Ep 42 Jan 4, 2022
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2021
- Dec 7, 2021 The Zooarchaeology of Myth & Legends (Part One) - Ep 41 Dec 7, 2021
- Nov 2, 2021 "Player One Needs Food Badly" - The Zooarchaeology of Video Game Cuisine - Ep 40 Nov 2, 2021
- Oct 5, 2021 Time Warped! Part Five - The Zooarchaeology of the Medieval Period - Ep 39 Oct 5, 2021
- Sep 7, 2021 Time Warped! Part Four: The Zooarchaeology of the Post Roman Period - Ep 38 Sep 7, 2021
- Aug 3, 2021 Time Warped! Part Three: The Zooarchaeology of Roman Britain - Ep 37 Aug 3, 2021
- Jul 6, 2021 Time Warped! Part Two: The Zooarchaeology of the Later Prehistoric - Episode 36 Jul 6, 2021
- Jun 1, 2021 Time Warped! Part One: The Zooarchaeology of the Early Prehistoric - Ep 35 Jun 1, 2021
- May 4, 2021 Gotta Dig 'Em All! The Zooarchaeology of Pokemon - Ep 34 May 4, 2021
- Apr 6, 2021 Eagle Eyed Zooarchaeology - Looking at the Digital Animals in Assassin's Creed - Ep 33 Apr 6, 2021
- Mar 2, 2021 A Little Bit of Zooarch, a Little Bit of Palaeontology...Let's Talk Megafauna and Extinct Species - Ep 32 Mar 2, 2021
- Feb 2, 2021 Swooping is Bad, Bones are Better: The Zooarchaeology of Dragon Age - Ep 31 Feb 2, 2021
- Jan 5, 2021 The Hitchhikers: the animals we didn’t really want to take with us but life, uh, finds a way - Ep 30 Jan 5, 2021
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2020
- Dec 1, 2020 I'm Commander Shephard and This Is My Favourite Bone on the Citadel: The Zooarchaeology of Mass Effect - Ep 29 Dec 1, 2020
- Nov 3, 2020 So You Want to be a Zooarchaeologist? - Ep 28 Nov 3, 2020
- Oct 6, 2020 You’re not supposed to be here! ‘Exotic’ species in the archaeological record - Episode 27 Oct 6, 2020
- Sep 1, 2020 Bioarchaeology in the Witcher - Ep 26 Sep 1, 2020
- Aug 4, 2020 Culinary Zooarchaeology - Ep 25 Aug 4, 2020
- Jul 7, 2020 Unicorns, Sasquatches, and Mermaids, Oh My! Cryptozoology and Fake Zooarchaeology - Ep 24 Jul 7, 2020
- Jun 3, 2020 Applied Zooarchaeology: primitive breeds today - Ep 23 Jun 3, 2020
- May 5, 2020 Sick to Death? Pathologies and Animal Bones - Ep 22 May 5, 2020
- Apr 7, 2020 Ancient goddesses, eggs and bunny rabbits: The Zooarchaeology of Lagomorphs - Ep 21 Apr 7, 2020
- Mar 2, 2020 Birds of a Feather... - Ep 20 Mar 2, 2020
- Feb 4, 2020 Does Zooarchaeology Exist in Star Wars? - Ep 19 Feb 4, 2020
- Jan 7, 2020 Alpaca llama: adventures with South American Camelids - Ep 18 Jan 7, 2020
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2019
- Dec 3, 2019 Holidays and Feasting in the Archaeological Record - Ep 17 Dec 3, 2019
- Nov 5, 2019 Desert Pack Animals: Introducing Donkeys and Camels! - Ep 16 Nov 5, 2019
- Oct 1, 2019 That’ll Do, Pig - Ep 15 Oct 1, 2019
- Sep 3, 2019 Native or Introduced? The Animals You’d NEVER Thought Came From Elsewhere - Ep 14 Sep 3, 2019
- Aug 6, 2019 The Weird and the Wonderful: Imagined Zooarchaeologies of Video Games - Ep 13 Aug 6, 2019
- Jul 2, 2019 A Fishy Situation - Ep 12 Jul 2, 2019
- Jun 4, 2019 Hunter's Hotpot - Ep 11 Jun 4, 2019
- May 7, 2019 Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner - Ep 10 May 7, 2019
- Apr 2, 2019 A Horse, Of Course - Ep 9 Apr 2, 2019
- Mar 5, 2019 Everything is Ritual! - Ep 8 Mar 5, 2019
- Feb 5, 2019 The Cat's Out Of The Bag - Ep 7 Feb 5, 2019
- Jan 1, 2019 Cow-abunga! - Ep 6 Jan 1, 2019
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2018
- Dec 4, 2018 Cryptozoology (featuring Archaeological Fantasies) - 5 Dec 4, 2018
- Nov 6, 2018 Sheep vs Goats - Ep Nov 6, 2018
- Oct 2, 2018 Who Let The Dogs Out? Ep 3 Oct 2, 2018
- Sep 4, 2018 Old McDonald Had A Farm - Episode 2 Sep 4, 2018
- Sep 4, 2018 Zooarchaeology 101 - Episode 01 Sep 4, 2018
- Jul 4, 2018 Introducing ArchaeoAnimals - Episode 0 Jul 4, 2018