A small White Horse scotch whisky bottle with about 2cm of dark brown liquid in it and some crystals growing inside. The lid is pale yellow with the words White Horse in red, and decorated with a dent and some rust. The liquid is not scotch.

Cleaning out the spice cupboard on a snowy afternoon & came across this bottle of vanilla. We bought it in a market in the Seychelles on our honeymoon 32 years ago. I think it may have finally passed it's sell-by date. But we'll keep it. #foodhistory #foodarchaeology

🧀 Curious about cheese in the past? Check out our latest video exploring what cheese can reveal about ancient rituals 🏺🧪

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Letter from the Levant - On the Origin of the Pork Taboo - Archaeology Magazine - March/April 2025 Exploring ancient people’s shifting beliefs about rearing and eating pigs

An article about why #pork is taboo to two major religions. It's an intriguing deep dive on this divisive, complex topic. archaeology.org/issues/march... #foodhistory #foodrevulsion #Mishnah #Talmud #Koran #foodarchaeology #Kashrut #Halal #foodways

Australopithecus at Sterkfontein did not consume substantial mammalian meat Incorporation of animal-based foods into early hominin diets has been hypothesized to be a major catalyst of many important evolutionary events, including brain expansion. However, direct evidence of ...

'Our results suggest a variable but plant-based diet (largely C3) for these hominins. Therefore, we argue that Australopithecus at Sterkfontein did not engage in regular mammalian meat consumption.' www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #foodhistory #ancienthominins #foodarchaeology

For those playing at home, silphium/silphion was a plant used as medicine, flavouring, etc., in the ancient Mediterranean region. New claims of silphium discoveries are problematic because there are no examples for comparison. A fascinating ancient ingredient. #foodhistory #foodarchaeology #extinct

Donegal farmer uncovers 22kg slab of ancient bog butter The accidental discovery could one of the biggest finds of it’s kind in Ireland so far

Donegal farmer uncovers 22kg slab of ancient bog butter: The accidental discovery could be one of the biggest finds of its kind in Ireland www.irishnews.com/news/ireland... #foodhistory #foodarchaeology #Ireland #foodpreservation #bogbutter

Pottery residue research explores culinary traditions in Germany from the Early Neolithic to the Bronze Age Pottery types and decoration have been used extensively by archaeologists to differentiate and describe cultures. The (past) contents and the actual function of the vessels have less often been the fo...

'In all, 124 pottery vessels were analyzed for ancient dietary lipid residues, and the functional specialization of several pottery types was determined.' phys.org/news/2024-05... #foodshistory #ceramics #foodarchaeology #EarlyNeolithic #LateBronzeAge

1,700-year-old Roman shipwreck was stuffed to the gills with fish sauce when it sank The wreck near a beach on Mallorca gives a snapshot of sea trade in late Roman times.

'A Roman-era shipwreck on the Spanish Mediterranean island of Mallorca was carrying a cargo of highly prized fish sauce when it sank around 1,700 years ago, a new study finds.' www.livescience.com/archaeology/... #foodhistory #garum #foodarchaeology

Bottles of 18th-Century Cherries Discovered at Mount Vernon - Archaeology Magazine

'Conservator Lily Carhart determined that the bottles were imported from England..., and were likely filled with cherries picked at Mount Vernon by enslaved people, then buried in the storage area between 1758 and 1776.' www.archaeology.org/news/12341-2... #foodarchaeology #foodhistory

'Samples of this birch pitch still embedded with 10 000-year-old tooth marks were discovered in Sweden...decades ago, but a recent study has revealed more about what the prehistoric teenagers ate and other activities they did with their teeth.' www.atlasobscura.com/articles/sto... #foodarchaeology

Now online: The second episode of the @PortalLISA video series featuring @laura_dtrich‘s research on #FoodArchaeology and the #Neolothic.

In which we, as promised, finally get some: "Bread 🍞, beer 🍺, and bowls of porridge...