Byzantine garlic and Turkish delight

Abstract

On the basis of the Post-Roman surface finds from the Boeotia Survey in central Greece, the use and social meaning of glazed vessels as table utensils from Byzantine to Ottoman times (ca. 10th–19th centuries A.D.) will be discussed, as well as the cultural changes in dining manners in that period. It is the intention of this paper to approach this evolution of “wining and dining” habits in an interdisciplinary perspective, in which archaeological data, textual sources and iconographical information will be combined.

Calculating ceramic vessel volume: an assessment of methods

“…Erin Christine Rodriguez & Christine A. Hastorf standardisation, but has the potential to be an important line of evidence in that domain (Longacre et al 1988;Costin 1991;Costin & Hagstrum 1995). Size of ceramic vessels can play a role in interpretations of cooking and cuisine (Mills 1999;Crown 2000;Vroom 2000;Bray 2003;Hastorf & Weismantel 2007).…”