Publication: Small Enclosures, Big Meals
The article examines the findings from the Meroitic complex of Musawwarat in relation to the cooking tradition of the site – also in comparison to similar find contexts of the Nile Valley.
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The article examines the findings from the Meroitic complex of Musawwarat in relation to the cooking tradition of the site – also in comparison to similar find contexts of the Nile Valley.
Focusing on past culinary practices, the “Connecting Foodways” project explores cross-cultural connections and technological transmission between the Middle Nile Valley and central and eastern Africa during the early Iron Age (ca. 1000 BC – 1000 AD). It is one of twelve projects of the DFG Priority Program “Entangled Africa” (SPP 2143), which explores inner-African relations and thereby develops new perspectives for joint archaeological research in Africa. […]
The archaeology of food has great potential for developing a more inclusive approach to the investigation of past African society and interaction beyond a traditional emphasis on the lifestyles and activities of social elites. […]