Eating and Drinking along Ancient Roads and Rivers: Study Opportunities, Archaeological Sources and Open Issues about Diet Habits

This volume, based on the 2021 Roads and Rivers 3 conference, explores diet and food distribution from Roman to early Medieval times in Croatia. It uses archaeological, botanical, and isotopic data, offering insights into trade, consumption, and ancient dietary habits.

The research presented in the book Eating and Drinking Along Ancient Roads and rivers: Study Opportunities, Archaeological Sources and Open Issues about diet habits was part of the activities financed by Life on the Roman Road: communications, trade and Identities on Roman Roads in Croatia from 1st – 8th CE (UIP-05-2017-9768) during which a conference Roads and rivers 3 11th to 12th November 2021 was organised. The publication was created within the project Synergy of Diversity: Archeology of Landscape and Technological Traditions in Continental and Adriatic Croatia (SirAkt), funded by the European Union-NextGenerationEU. The hybrid conference, held due to COVID-19 restrictions, focused on topics related to the distribution and consumption of goods from the Roman to the early Medieval period, utilizing material evidence, archaeobotanical and archaeological data. Additionally, it explored diet reconstruction through dentoalveolar pathologies and stable isotopes analysis, as well as experimental research on food. The scientific achievements of the conference were deemed excellent. Scholars presented research on how goods were distributed and consumed during the Roman to early Medieval periods. This likely involved examining trade networks, economic systems, and consumption patterns based on material evidence. Researchers shared insights derived from archaeobotanical and archaeological findings, shedding light on agricultural practices, food production, and dietary habits spanning multiple historical periods.

Introduction

List of contributors

Food for the Living and for the Dead: Pottery of Roman Period Dolenjska - Kaja Stemberger Flegar and Ana Kovacic

A Gastronomic Guide through Viminacium: How to Eat like a Roman - Angelina Raickovic Savic

A Cake Mould from Istria - Alka Starac

Pane Vinv Radic Pavperis Cena - Verena Perko and Kaja Stemberger Flegar

Early Imperial Amphorae from the Kocevarjev vrt Site in Vrhnika (Nauportus) - Tina Berden

From the Field to the Table: Food Production Evidence from Late Antique Pits from Ilok - Palace of the Dukes of Ilok (Eastern Croatia) - Kristina Jelincic Vuckovic, Asja Tonc, Antonela Barbir and Marko Dizdar

Bronze Vessels and Changing Dining Patterns in Late Antique Britain - Jason Lundock

Food ""To Go"" - Anita Rapan Papesa

Multi-Tissue Interpretations of Health and Paleodiet in Avar Period sarengrad, Croatia - J. Marla Toyne, Mario Caric, Andrea Rimpf, Jonathan Barkmeier and Mario Novak

An Overview of Stable Isotope Analyses of Antique and Early Medieval Skeletal Remains from Croatia - zeljka Bedic

Artificial Cranial Deformation and Dietary Habits of a Child from the Great Migration Period (Serbia) - Ksenija Djukic, Veda Mikasinovic, Milutin Micic and Viktorija Uzelac

Fish on the Bishop's Table. The Analysis of Data Regarding the Procurement and Consumption of Fish by Oswald Tuz, Bishop of Zagreb - Sebastijan Stingl

Roman Food and the Popularisation of Science - Ivana Ozanic Roguljic

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Introduction

List of contributors

Food for the Living and for the Dead: Pottery of Roman Period Dolenjska – Kaja Stemberger Flegar and Ana Kovačič

A Gastronomic Guide through Viminacium: How to Eat like a Roman – Angelina Raičković Savić

A Cake Mould from Istria – Alka Starac

Pane Vinv Radic Pavperis Cena – Verena Perko and Kaja Stemberger Flegar

Early Imperial Amphorae from the Kočevarjev vrt Site in Vrhnika (Nauportus) – Tina Berden

From the Field to the Table: Food Production Evidence from Late Antique Pits from Ilok – Palace of the Dukes of Ilok (Eastern Croatia) – Kristina Jelinčić Vučković, Asja Tonc, Antonela Barbir and Marko Dizdar

Bronze Vessels and Changing Dining Patterns in Late Antique Britain – Jason Lundock

Food “To Go” – Anita Rapan Papeša

Multi-Tissue Interpretations of Health and Paleodiet in Avar Period Šarengrad, Croatia – J. Marla Toyne, Mario Carić, Andrea Rimpf, Jonathan Barkmeier and Mario Novak

An Overview of Stable Isotope Analyses of Antique and Early Medieval Skeletal Remains from Croatia – Željka Bedić

Artificial Cranial Deformation and Dietary Habits of a Child from the Great Migration Period (Serbia) – Ksenija Djukić, Veda Mikašinović, Milutin Mićić and Viktorija Uzelac

Fish on the Bishop’s Table. The Analysis of Data Regarding the Procurement and Consumption of Fish by Oswald Túz, Bishop of Zagreb – Sebastijan Stingl

Roman Food and the Popularisation of Science – Ivana Ožanić Roguljić

Ivana Ožanić Roguljić works as an archaeologist (Senior Research Associate) at the Institue of Archaeology, Zagreb, specialising in the classical period, with a particular focus on instrumentum domesticum, the history of food, remote sensing and communications. She works on The Database of Antique Archaeological Sites of the Republic of Croatia. She is the Principal Investigator of the project ‘Synergy of Diversity: Archeology of Landscape and Technological Traditions in Continental and Adriatic Croatia (SirAkt)’.

Željka Bedić works as a Research Associate in the Centre for Applied Bioanthropology at the Institute for Anthropological Research in Zagreb. Her main areas of research cover bioarchaeology, paleopathology, trauma analysis, paleodontology and contagious diseases in archaeological populations and she is a member of several scientific organisations relating to these fields. Her research output includes, among others, scientific papers, book chapters and a school textbook.

Angelina Raičković Savić is a Senior Research Associate at the Institue of Archaeology, Belgrade, principally focused on the project ‘Viminacium, Roman city and Legionary Fort’. Her interests relate primarily to Roman pottery and the use of scientific techniques for material analysis.

• Edited by Ivana Ožanić Roguljić
• Edited by Željka Bedić
• Edited by Angelina Raičković Savić