A taste for local food: analysis of archaeological food remains reveals insights into past food cultures in England
摘要
The study of food preparation and cooking is a research area which is rapidly evolving within archaeobotany. Many are the methods available today for the investigation into past cuisine, with high-resolution microscopy becoming a leading approach. This research presents the application of an integrated microscopic approach to the study of archaeological food remains recovered from sites along the A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon Improvement Scheme excavations, led by MOLA Headland Infrastructure, Cambridgeshire, England. Applied methods included optical, digital and Scanning Electron Microscopy. This paper presents the first comprehensive and diachronic study of charred food remains recovered from sites in Britain.