Medieval Mediterranean Research Seminar Series – The Mediterranean Diet: New Perspectives on the Foodways of the Medieval Mediterranean

The ecology of the Mediterranean provides broadly consistent conditions for crops and animal husbandry, most famously developed as the ancient triad of Grapes, Wheat, and Olives.

The patterns and habits of cultivation and diet changed in key ways in the Middle Ages, in response to social and economic changes. The Medieval Mediterranean had new strongly regional economic contexts, new religious practices, and the introduction of new crops.

Archeobotanical and Archeofaunal research provides insights into the traces of plants and animals which lived and were used by societies, while analyses of human remains cast light on changing diet regimes.

Were the foodways of Mediterranean societies broadly consistent, or significantly varied? Did individuals or households have different food regimes from their neighbours? How do we see new foods appearing, and where?

Our webinar will present findings of new archaeological research in these areas from across the Mediterranean area, and using a variety of scientific methods, followed by a question-and-answer session.

This webinar will be chaired by Dr Caroline Goodson (University of Cambridge), with presentations from Dr Michelle Alexander (University of York), Dr Tarek Oueslati (University of Lille) and Dr Daniel Fuks (University of Cambridge).

To book, please register (for free) here: https://theofed-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_7VXvoY5wSlyyFSqe5uUujA

The Webinar will be on Tuesday 1st February from 5pm.

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

This is part of our multidisciplinary series The Medieval Mediterranean: Local and Global Perspectives (Series 2), co-organised by the Medieval Studies Research Group at the University of Lincoln in collaboration with the Society for the Medieval Mediterranean, the Woolf Institute (Cambridge), the Institució Milà i Fontanals CSIC (Barcelona) and the Universities of Ghent and Munich.

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