Cuisine in transition? Organic residue analysis of domestic containers from 9th-14th century Sicily.

ABSTRACT: From the 9th to 14th centuries AD, Sicily experienced a series of rapid and quite radical changes in political regime, but the impact of these regime changes on the lives of the people that experienced them remains largely elusive within the historical narrative. We use a multi-faceted lipid residue approach to give direct chemical evidence of the use of 248 everyday domestic ceramic containers from Islamic and post-Islamic contexts in western Sicily to aid our understanding of daily habits throughout this period of political change. A range of commodities was successfully identified, including animal fats, vegetable products, fruit products (potentially including wine) and plant resins. The study highlights the complexity of residues in early medieval Mediterranean society as, in many cas

SUBMITTER: Lundy J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9993051 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature