Project workshop – first look at results!
AI Arena, South West Institute of Technology, University of Exeter, July 17-18th, 2025
Presenters and topics
Welcome and introduction: research agenda and archaeological case-studies (Martin Pitts, Exeter)
Foodways in the Roman Cirencester Hinterland: Using Organic Residue Analysis to Understand Changing Diet in Roman Britain (Caitlin Greenwood)
Cooking with the Romano-British Lipidome: Experiment, Results, and Implications (Rachel Vykukal & Anastasia Gabiger, Erlangen)
Lifting the lid: a preliminary overview of the archaeological pottery lipid residues from Vindolanda, Colchester and York (Lucy Cramp & Miya Zhang, Bristol)
Towards big data in organic residue analysis (Simon Hammann, Hohenheim)
Big Data analysis (Ansgar Korf)
Case-studies in context: archaeological perspectives on the project’s findings (Martin Pitts, Exeter)
Dietary practices in the Western Hunsrück between the Late Iron Age and Late Antiquity – first results and future perspectives (Sabine Hornung, Saarland, Sabine Fiedler & George Janzen, Mainz)
Chemical traces and cultural tastes: What Roman pots can tell us about ancient foodways (Theoni Baniou, Catalan Institute of Classical Archaeology)
Cataractonium cuisine: Early findings from organic residues at Roman Catterick (Lucy Makinson, York)
Fish sauce at the Roman table: Identifying archaeological traces of ancient recipes (Edward Biddulph, Oxford Archaeology & Sally Grainger, independent)
Organic Residue Analysis of Funerary Ceramics from Roman Colchester (Medi Jones-Williams, Bristol)
Closing discussion, led by Michael Fulford, Reading (perspectives from Roman pottery studies) and Erica Rowan, Royal Holloway (perspectives from Roman food studies)