Between religion and consumption

Culinary and drinking equipment in Venetic ritual practice (ca. 725 BCE-CE 25)

Datos Bibliográficos

ID4082486
AutoresElizabeth Perego (0000-0001-6075-4371, autor de correspondencia), Elisa Perego
Año2011
Número86
Páginas235-262
Fecha de publicación2011-10-30
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaPallas (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0031-0387 • E-ISSN: 2272-7639
EditorialOpenEdition (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.4000/pallas.2178
OpenAlexW11028303
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas16

This chapter is an investigation of cultic practices in Iron Age and early Roman Veneto (Italy) through the analysis of inscribed utensils used for the preparation and consumption of food and drink in sanctuary sites. By drawing on anthropological research which has long recognised the importance of eating and drinking as powerful metaphors and practices of a paramount importance in the negotiation of a large range of socio-political and economic dynamics, my aim is to show how a capillary analysis of material culture specifically related to ritual drinking and food consumption can be an important tool to shed light on issues of gender, ethnicity, social interaction and power negotiation. Given the role of culinary equipment as a symbolic vehicle for the expression of social concerns regarding the relation with the supernatural as well as the negotiation of fundamental socio-political strategies via ritual food consumption, I argue that such categories of artefacts bear multifaceted meanings and deep social significance, and always deserve full attention in archaeological research

Consumption (sociology · Ethnic group · Food consumption · Inscribed figure · Negotiation · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Relation (database · Social science · Sociology · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Anthropology · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Classical Antiquity Studies · Law