Foodways in Transition in Ancient Littoral Societies: From Molecules to Cultures

Introduction

Maxime Rageot (University of Bonn)

9:15 - 10:30

Unveiling Atlantic Coast Foodways During a Period of Global Change from the End of the Neolithic to the Early Bronze Age

Martine Regert (CNRS – Côte d’Azur University)

Trade and Circulation of Goods in the Mediterranean (Mid – 1st Millennium BCE): Transport Amphorae and the Greek Port of Marseille

Federica Sacchetti (PACA Regional Archaeology Service – Aix-Marseille University) & Maxime Rageot (University of Bonn)

Foodways in Etruscan Port and Sanctuary of Pyrgi (6th – 3rd centuries BC): New Evidence from Kitchen and Tableware, Transport Amphorae, Banquet Vessels and Faunal Remains

Laura Micchetti & Manuela Bondies (Sapienza University of Rome)

10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break

11:00 - 12:15

Littoral Societies, Maritime Landscapes and Connectivity. Theoretical Concepts and their Applicability to Foodways

Stefan Feuser (University of Bonn)

Reconstructing Diet and Ecology in Prehistoric Populations in Italy

Mary Anne Tafuri (Sapienza University of Rome)

Feeding the Bronze Age: Diet, Resources and Social Organisation in Coastal Greece

Estelle Herrscher (CNRS – Aix-Marseille University) 

 12:15 – 14:00 Lunch break

14:00 - 15:15

Improving the Identification of Plant Products in Archaeological Pottery

Léa Drieu (CNRS – Côte d’Azur University)

Molecular Approaches for Investigating the Mediterranean Diet

Oliver Craig (University of York)

Organic Matter and its Degradation Processes in Archaeological Littoral Soils

Wulf Amelung, Arne Kappenberg & Ramona Mörchen (University of Bonn)

Negotiating Constraints: Biomolecular Perspectives from a Museum Laboratory

Rebecca Stacey (British Museum)

Knowing What You See: Conserving Archaeological Finds in a Museum Context 

Susanne Domke (LVR-Landesmuseum Bonn)