Project description
Checking ancient pots to learn about prehistoric diets
What did people eat 5 000 years ago, and how did they cook it? Supported by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions programme, the POT.PUDIN project explores ancient culinary practices by analysing ceramic vessels from Chalcolithic societies. Using an innovative multi-proxy approach (combining typology, traceology, and biomolecular analysis), researchers will decode how pots were used and what ingredients they once held. The method will be tested on pottery from Los Millares in southern Spain, a key site dating to 3300-2200 BCE known for early metallurgy, complex households, and social stratification. By studying food residues and wear patterns, POT.PUDIN aims to uncover everyday habits and social dynamics through the lens of ancient cuisine.
Objective
POT.PUDIN aims to analyse the use of ceramic vessels to trace culinary practices and the ingredients used in ancient societies. The project proposes a multi-proxy approach that combines morphological and typological analysis, traceology, and botanical and biomolecular techniques. Initially, a workflow will be developed to maximise the effectiveness of these methods and ensure their feasibility. This workflow will then be applied and tested on an assemblage of Chalcolithic pottery from the Los Millares site (Almería, SE Iberian Peninsula). The Los Millares pottery assemblage was selected for its scientific significance and the excellent preservation of its ceramics. Dating from 3300 to 2200 cal BC, Los Millares is a key site for understanding the Chalcolithic in southwestern Europe, providing early evidence of copper metallurgy, defensive fortifications, socially differentiated households, and monumental burials. These elements indicate the emergence of social inequality in the western Mediterranean, making Los Millares an ideal case study for testing and refining the proposed methodological framework. The ultimate goal of this project is to better understand ancient diets and foodways through an integrated study of pottery use. Moreover, this comprehensive protocol could be applied to other time periods and archaeological contexts.
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HORIZON.1.2 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
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92001 Nanterre Cedex
France
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