Feeding the city: Integrated approaches to urban foodways and identities in Roman London

食物是生活、身份和经验的经济和社会结构的核心。虽然饮食是罗马-不列颠考古学的一个重点（Cool 2006;货车der Veen 2007; Pitts 2014），没有对伦敦这一英国最大、挖掘最好的城市定居点的丰富环境和人工数据集进行综合分析。研究表明，这个国际化的港口是进口食品的主要消费者，但还需要做更多的工作来揭示不同的食物是如何消费的，由谁消费，并确定其社会影响。伦敦是一个理想的案例研究，为高分辨率的多学科分析的食品;整合考古植物学（古代植物遗骸），动物骨骼和文物，如陶器。对这一证据进行统计和背景分析将有助于绘制与城市人口不同组成部分相关的食物准备和用餐做法。不同种族、宗教、经济背景的人是否准备和吃不同的饭菜？与西罗马帝国其他地方的饮食习惯进行比较，将澄清伦敦的地位和文化亲缘关系，并揭示不同的地方身份和对罗马文化殖民（或全球化）影响的反应。伦敦的饮食方式是独一无二的，还是与其他地方或省份的饮食方式相似？民族志案例研究，如18世纪美国的饮食方式（如Scott 2007）可以与伦敦进行比较，以更好地了解殖民背景和其居民的移民经历。对论坛，舰队谷磨坊和“总督府”等关键地点未分析的植物遗迹的研究将与伦敦博物馆和MOLA提供的伦敦的现有数据相结合。该项目的目的是研究食品不仅仅是成分，而是通过习惯做法结合起来的元素，以构建消费者的生活和体验。

Food is central to the economic and social structures of life, identity and experience. Although foodways are a key focus of Romano-British archaeology (Cool 2006; van der Veen 2007; Pitts 2014), no synthetic analysis of the rich environmental and artefactual datasets available for Londinium, the largest and best excavated urban settlement in Britain, has been carried out.Research has demonstrated that this cosmopolitan port was a major consumer of imported foodstuffs, but more work is needed to reveal how different foods were consumed, by whom and to determine their social impact. London is an ideal case study for a high-resolution multi-disciplinary analysis of foodways; integrating archaeobotany (ancient plant remains), animal bones and artefacts such as pottery. Statistical and contextual analysis of this evidence will allow mapping of food preparation and dining practices associated with different elements of the city's population. Did people of different ethnicities, religions, economic backgrounds etc. prepare and eat different meals to one another? Comparisons with food and dining practices elsewhere in the western Empire will clarify London's status and cultural affinities, and reveal different provincial identities and responses to the colonial (or globalising) effects of Roman culture. Were Londinium's foodways unique or do they resemble those of other sites or provinces? Ethnographic case studies such as foodways in 18th-century America (e.g. Scott 2007) can be compared with London to better understand the colonial context and the immigrant experience of its inhabitants.Research on unanalysed botanical remains from key sites such as the Forum, the Fleet Valley mill and the 'Governor's palace' will be integrated with existing data from across London available through Museum of London and MOLA. This project aims to study food as more than just ingredients but as elements which were combined through habitual practices to structure the lives and experiences of their consumers.