Preliminary results of the organic residue analysis of 13th century cooking wares from a household in Frankish Paphos (Cyprus)

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Residues analysis was carried out on medieval cooking wares from a closed context in Paphos, Cyprus, to see if different food and foodways could be identified in local pots and pans and in cooking wares imported from Frankish Beirut.

POMEDOR 3rd sampling campaign, Israel February 2014

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POMEDOR 3rd sampling campaign, Israel February 2014
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Handmade pot used by Eliezer Stern to cook the traditional Shabbat chicken
Start date and time
Wednesday, 26 February 2014
End date and time
Friday, 14 March 2014
Location
Body

Edna Stern and Yona Waksman, together with several colleagues excavating and studying ceramics in Israel, will be sampling ceramics for chemical, petrographic and residues analyses. Both Fatimid and Crusader, coastal and inland, urban and rural sites will be considered.